'Tinge' definitions:
Definition of 'tinge'
(from WordNet)
noun
A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon]
noun
A pale or subdued color [syn: undertone, tinge]
verb
Affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" [syn: tinge, color, colour, distort]
verb
Definition of 'Tinge'
From: GCIDE
- Tinge \Tinge\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tinge'
From: GCIDE
- Tinge \Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingeing.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n, dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. 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. [1913 Webster]
- His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To color; dye; stain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tinge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatism,
- affect,
- allegory,
- allusion,
- apply paint,
- arcane meaning,
- assumption,
- bedaub,
- bedizen,
- begild,
- bend,
- besmear,
- besprinkle,
- bias,
- breathe,
- brew,
- brush on paint,
- calcimine,
- cast,
- chromatism,
- chromism,
- coat,
- color,
- color balance,
- color harmony,
- color scheme,
- coloration,
- coloring,
- complexion,
- connotation,
- cover,
- dab,
- dash,
- daub,
- decoct,
- decorator color,
- deep-dye,
- dip,
- dispose,
- distemper,
- double-dye,
- dredge,
- dye,
- emblazon,
- enamel,
- engild,
- entincture,
- face,
- fast-dye,
- flavor,
- fresco,
- gild,
- glaze,
- gleam,
- gloss,
- grain,
- hint,
- hue,
- idea,
- illuminate,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- impregnate,
- incline,
- induce,
- inference,
- infiltrate,
- influence,
- infuse,
- infusion,
- ingrain,
- inkling,
- innuendo,
- instill,
- intimation,
- ironic suggestion,
- japan,
- key,
- lacquer,
- lay on color,
- lead,
- leaven,
- lick,
- look,
- meaning,
- metaphorical sense,
- move,
- natural color,
- nuance,
- occult meaning,
- overtone,
- paint,
- pallor,
- parget,
- penetrate,
- permeate,
- persuade,
- pervade,
- pigment,
- predispose,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- prime,
- prompt,
- saturate,
- sauce,
- scintilla,
- season,
- seasoning,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shellac,
- sip,
- skin color,
- slop on paint,
- smack,
- smattering,
- smear,
- smell,
- soften up,
- soupcon,
- spark,
- spice,
- sprinkling,
- stain,
- steep,
- stipple,
- strain,
- streak,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- suffuse,
- suggestion,
- sup,
- supposition,
- suspicion,
- sway,
- symbolism,
- taint,
- taste,
- temper,
- tempering,
- thought,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tint,
- tone,
- touch,
- trace,
- transfuse,
- undercoat,
- undercolor,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- undertone,
- varnish,
- vestige,
- wash,
- wear down,
- weigh with,
- whitewash,
- work