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Synonyms of diffuse in English:

diffuse


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See UK English definition of diffuse

See Spanish definition of difundir

verb

1‘the light of the moon was diffused by cloud’

SYNONYMS
spread, spread out, spread around, send out, scatter, disperse
disseminate, distribute, dispense, put about, circulate, communicate, impart, purvey, propagate, transmit, broadcast, promulgate
literary bruit abroad
ANTONYMS

concentrate, collect


adjective

1‘skylights give a diffuse illumination through the rooms’

SYNONYMS
spread out, diffused, scattered, dispersed, not concentrated
ANTONYMS

concentrated

2‘Tania's narrative is rather diffuse’

SYNONYMS
verbose, wordy, prolix, long-winded, overlong, long-drawn-out, protracted, discursive, rambling, wandering, meandering, maundering, digressive, circuitous, roundabout, circumlocutory, periphrastic
loose, vague
informal windy, gassy
British informal waffling
rare pleonastic, circumlocutionary, ambagious, logorrhoeic
ANTONYMS

succinct