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tinge
[ tinj ]
verb (used with object)
- to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
- to impart a slight taste or smell to.
noun
- a slight degree of coloration.
- a slight admixture, as of some qualifying property or characteristic; trace; smattering:
a tinge of garlic; a tinge of anger.
Synonyms: , , ,
tinge
/ ɪԻ /
noun
- a slight tint or colouring
her hair had a tinge of grey
- any slight addition
verb
- to colour or tint faintly
- to impart a slight trace to
her thoughts were tinged with nostalgia
Other Word Forms
- t·پԲ verb (used with object) intertinged intertingeing or intertinging
- ·پԲ verb (used with object) retinged retingeing or retinging
Word History and Origins
Origin of tinge1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tinge1
Example Sentences
It was only occasionally that she showed a tinge of irritation when asked about Italy's low defence spending.
But for a time, it was “he said something racially tinged, racially divisive, racially loaded.”
But this trip, without Watkins, will be tinged forever with questions of what could have been.
But a vibrant pink rose with a tiny tinge of yellow at the base, with all the excellent qualities of her parent, including vigorous growth and disease resistance?
How much more evidence do we need that the Democrats’ identity-group-targeted messaging doesn’t work, still more when it’s tinged with pity?
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