diffused
- adjective
- /dɪˈfjuzd/
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difusa
- On Fifth Avenue, the lights of cars, shining as if with the hard points of hurtling stars, fell, all at different speeds, down a wide sky rack, on either side of which was a diffused, pinkish glow.
You come back just a little more diffused.
- You come back just a little more diffused.
- I like to use diffuse light where I'm bouncing light off white walls and ceilings.
- I pat on my blush like I don't brush it on, I just like lightly pat it on and I feel like that gives me the best diffused look.
Examples
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As the sun set, the sky was painted with a diffused glow of pink and orange hues.
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This is my Hourglass ambient lighting bronzer in diffused bronze light.
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So I'm able to get a really nice diffused blend quickly.
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I feel like it just makes the makeup look so much more diffused and blown out together.
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And that just gives the whole eye this lovely diffused blown outlook.
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And that just gives you such a subtle diffused looking contour.
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Unlike a flashlight whose beam is strong and narrow and directed, a floodlight is broad, diffused, and you could say receptive.
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The room was filled with a soft, diffused light that created a calming atmosphere.
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In the photography studio, they used diffused lighting to enhance the subject's features.
Synonyms
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Gentle and not strong for light or sound
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Spread out over a large area and not in one place
Spreading a soft color or feeling slowly over something
Spread out across a wide area
Antonyms
How Diffused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Diffused comes from the parts dis- meaning 'apart' and the Latin root fundere meaning 'to pour', the same root behind fuse. So to be diffused is like light that is 'poured out' or 'spread apart', which is why it means soft, spread-out light.