tinge (tɪndʒ
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Definitions
noun
- a slight tint or colouring ⇒
her hair had a tinge of grey
- any slight addition
verb
Word forms: tinges, tingeing, tinging, tinged
(tr) - to colour or tint faintly
- to impart a slight trace to ⇒
her thoughts were tinged with nostalgia
Word Origin
C15: from Latin tingere to colourUsage examples
They shone brilliant white with a tinge of pink reflected off the paint of the stanchions.
, Snowline (1986)Sepia and gold tinge each of the 25 works on display, till December 6, in his Footprints of Destiny series at Art Today, Delhi.
India Today (2001)Those left standing were stripped of leaves, giving a brownish tinge to hills strewn with debris overlooking the Caribbean Sea.
The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2004)Passengers, for whom an ordinary English day will have a jetlagged supernatural tinge , disembark.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)He is overweight and his lips have a disturbing bluish tinge.
, MORTIFICATION: Writers' Stories of their Public Shame (2003)