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Definition of diffuse:
- Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.
- To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
- To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.
Synonyms:
prolix, bottom, overspread, circle, circularise, expand, string out, give out, gentle, mobilize, dawn, administer, fathom, penetrate, sink in, break up, pervade, thin, unfold, lot, discursive, stagger, wide, disseminate, parcel out, diffused, infiltrate, spread out, fan out, flaccid, broadcast, circulate, allot, rotate, get across, piano, sprinkle, riddle, move, wordy, sonant, balmy, dish out, strew, spread, perforate, beam, dust, interpenetrate, deal, dole out, voiced, cushy, deal out, dot, mild, splay, delicate, percolate, come home, propagate, mete out, distributed, flabby, shell out, mobilise, pass on, transmit, open, hand out, dispel, dispense, verbose, distribute, lenient, go around, get through, pass out, turn out, pass around, permeate, subdued, soft, air, easy, easygoing, fall into place, disperse, imbue, dissipate, send, indulgent, soak, screen, circularize, filter, click, hue.
- scatter (part of speech: verb)
- shapeless (part of speech: adjective)
- scattered (part of speech: adjective)
Usage examples:
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Instead of the wagon toiling slowly in the rear of weary axemen, we see the long and well- appointed railroad train sweep by with the speed of the hurricane, bearing the wealth of States, and doing more in the course of twenty- four hours to diffuse civilization and luxury than our ancestors could have accomplished in as many years.