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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.
tinge
/ tɪndʒ /
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
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Other Words From
- inter·tinge verb (used with object) intertinged intertingeing or intertinging
- re·tinge verb (used with object) retinged retingeing or retinging
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tinge1
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Example Sentences
Through everyone’s excitement and support, I also picked up on a tinge of sadness.
If anything the Yeti occasionally exhibited an overly sharp tinge on “esses,” as well as other hard consonant sounds, whereas the QuadCast S seems to have a flatter representation of sound across the low-to-high frequency range.
If you lived through the ’80s or early ’90s, or sat through many a movie set in the ’80s or early ’90s, you’ll feel a tinge of nostalgia for the image of grabbing a boombox by the handle on your way to a back-alley dance battle.
That scale gives his skepticism about the vaccine a particularly dangerous tinge so, in short order, multiple reporters including our Aaron Blake debunked Carlson's claims.
Biologists debate what the stolen chloroplasts do for their kidnappers besides provide a pretty, green tinge.
Julie E. Byrne, a religion professor at Hofstra University, also sees a political tinge to the faith-based audience.
We want to follow her as we would our own friend, a tinge of jealousy and all.
Watch as the masses of people look at the camera with both curiosity and a tinge of fear.
Yet the time frame unquestionably infuses Moonrise Kingdom with more than a tinge of melancholy.
He would probably suffer a tinge of regret that he never thought to market his look.
The cytoplasm of lymphocytes is generally robin's-egg blue; that of the large mononuclears may have a faint bluish tinge.
Wright's stain gives such cells a faint bluish tinge when the condition is mild, and a rather deep blue when severe.
The cliffs of Red Point partake of a reddish tinge and appear to be disposed nearly in horizontal strata.
An expression of amazement crept into their faces, and along with Clip's astonishment came a tinge of bitterness.
Then there was a faint pulsation of the rigid limbs, the white, mean face took on a tinge as if the blood were flowing again.
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