tinge
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
Verb (2)tinged
- affect as in thought or feeling“My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”“The sadness tinged his life”Synonyms: colorcolourdistortMore general affect, impact
- color lightly“her greying hair was tinged blond”“the leaves were tinged red in November”Synonyms: tinttincttouchMore general color, colorizeMore specific complexion, tincture, henna
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. …, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunchōn, dunchōn, thunkōn. Cf. Distain, Dunker, Stain, Taint a stain, to stain, Tincture, Tint.
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance.— Joseph Addison
Synonyms: To color; dye; stain.
A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54