Tinge
[tɪn(d)ʒ] or [tɪndʒ]
Definition
(verb.) affect as in thought or feeling; 'My personal feelings color my judgment in this case'; 'The sadness tinged his life'.
Checked by Klaus--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Checker: Raffles
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Dye, stain, color, tint, tincture.[2]. Imbue, impress, infuse, impregnate.
n. [1]. Tint, stain, color, dye, tincture, shade (of color), cast, hue.[2]. Taste, flavor, smack, spice.
Checker: Scott
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tincture, color, tint, dye, stain, shade, flavor
Checked by Edwin
Definition
v.t. to tint or colour: to mix with something: to give in some degree the qualities of a substance.—n. a small amount of colour or taste infused into another substance.
Checker: Wilmer
Examples
- Still she was glad to have seen them all again, though a tinge of sadness mixed itself with her pleasure. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Don't let us speak of it: I was very sorry for you, she said, with a tinge of disdain which, as she instantly perceived, was not lost on him. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She felt a tinge of contempt mingle itself with her pain at having refused him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I noticed a bluish tinge in her face which alarmed me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He had a quantity of hair and moustache--jet black, except at the shaggy ends, where it had a tinge of red--and a high hook nose. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Yes--yes; I know, he assented, with a rising tinge of embarrassment. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The tinge of unpretentious, inoffensive vulgarity in Mrs. Vincy gave more effect to Rosamond's refinement, which was beyond what Lydgate had expected. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nothing unbecoming tinged the pride; it was a natural and worthy one; but he observed it as a curiosity. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A glow rested on them, such as tinged her complexion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That land, said Adrian, tinged with the last glories of the day, is Greece. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When we rose again, I observed Holmes's eyes were shining and his cheeks tinged with colour. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then the passages were tinged with a subdued happiness that was even sadder than the rest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Men have oftener suffered from, the mockery of a place too smiling for their reason than from the oppression of surroundings oversadly tinged. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Still her voice rang on like a bell, tinged with a tone of mockery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Instantly her white lids veiled her eyes, and I thought I discovered a delicate flush tingeing her cheek. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Silvia