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Definition of tinge :
1. 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.
2. 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.
Synonyms:
emblazon, mote, tarnish, arrest, dash, come to, concern, contact, cutaneous senses, clue, advert, colorize, twist, disturb, feeling, meet, affect, touch on, tip, hint, bear upon, deform, falsify, apprehension, bear on, shadow, gloss, strain, whisker, undertone, colour in, garble, trace, soil, rival, refer, touch, tactile sensation, have-to doe with, intimation, allude, colors, exigency, colourise, twine, gradation, pinch, wring, atom, tactual sensation, sully, collar, taking into custody, imbue, corpuscle, catch, hue, color, tweak, dishonor, colour, equal, cast, confidential information, pinpoint, shade, suggestion, undercurrent, ghost, discolour, emergency, bepaint, skin senses, tinct, reach, mite, pertain, speck, discolor, study at color, big, tint, taste, sense of touch, particle, lead, colourize, relate, touch modality, dye, impact, signature, show, touching, jot, adjoin, touch sensation, breath, contort, streak, hair, stir, spot, extend to, semblance, jotting, tone, wind, color in, disgrace, stain, match, warp, partake, steer, suspicion, whisper, blot, distort, colorise, soupcon, molecule, whiff
Usage examples:
- Yet one emotion dominated the rest- expectancy with a tinge of fear. - "The Necromancers", Robert Hugh Benson.
- Artists out sketching were never molested, not because the Papal influence protected us, but because the brigands knew their poverty, and had a tinge of sympathy with the arts. - "The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I", William James Stillman.
- Heartwood light brown with rose tinge, sapwood paler. - "Seasoning of Wood", Joseph B. Wagner.