tinge

Plural: tinges

Noun

• a slight but appreciable amount
• a pale or subdued color
• A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
• The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

Verb

Verb Forms: tinge, tinged, tingeing, tinging, tinges

• To apply a slight trace of color or hue to.
• affect as in thought or feeling
  • "The sadness tinged his life"
• color lightly
  • "her greying hair was tinged blond"
  • "the leaves were tinged red in November"
• To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
• To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
• To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.

Examples

• The red TINGE of the triple word score tempted him to play a long word.

Synonyms

color, colour, distort, hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinct, tint, touch, undertone, cast, teint, teinture, tincture

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