tinge
[noun]
Synonyms:
- tint, colour, shade
- bit, dash, drop, smattering, sprinkling, suggestion, touch, trace
[verb]
Synonyms:
- tint, colour, imbue, suffuse

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Related Words: streak, coloration, coloring, tincture, stain

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. tinge¹ /tɪndʒ/ noun [countable]
a very small amount of a colour, emotion, or quality
tinge of
There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.
This glass has a greenish tinge.

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II. tinge² verb (present participle tinging or tingeing) [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: tingere 'to dip, make wet, tinge with color']
literary to give something a small amount of a particular colour, emotion, or quality
tinge something with something
The light of the setting sun tinges the buildings with delicate colours.
Pink tinged her cheeks.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

tinge
noun
ADJ. faint, slight blue with a slight tinge of purple
blue, bluish, etc. a slight reddish tinge
VERB + TINGE have
PREP. ~ of a tinge of regret
~ to The sky had a slight pink tinge to it.

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