tinge
IPA: tˈɪndʒ
noun
- 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
- (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
- (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
- (intransitive) 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.
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Examples of "tinge" in Sentences
- I believe the colored tinge is intentional.
- Young birds have brown tinge to the plumage.
- The rest of the abdomen is yellow with a tinge of red.
- The rest of the wing is light brown with black tinges.
- The female is white in hue, with a tinge of yellow green.
- His canvases exhibit extremism with a hallucinatory tinge.
- Many attacks on him are exaggerated or tinged with humbug.
- Muted brass bring in the briefest tinge of nightclub jazz.
- The abdomen, the base of which is swollen, is crimson with a violet tinge.
- A green tinge in the skin is sometimes associated with nausea and sickness.