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to incarnadine

to incarnadine

9.9
To make something look pink or light red
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈkɑrnəˌdaɪn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : incarnadinar
  • The artist incarnadined the cherub's cheeks to give them a lifelike glow.

Examples

  • She decided to incarnadine the walls of her nursery.

  • A warm light seemed to incarnadine the clouds at sunset.

  • Her memories of those days incarnadined her thoughts with nostalgia.

  • The artist incarnadined the flowers in her painting.

  • The artist incarnadined the cherub's cheeks to give them a lifelike glow.

  • She decided to incarnadine the walls of her nursery.

  • He chose to incarnadine the fabric to match the skin tones in his sculpture.

Synonyms

to color
vsto incarnadine
  • US
228 1.0

To make something a different shade by painting or dyeing

is limited to producing a particular pinkish or reddish flesh shade
to dye
vsto incarnadine
37 2.2

To change the color of something using a coloring liquid or powder

does this specifically to produce a pinkish flesh tone rather than a general hue
to complexion
vsto incarnadine
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To give a color to something, often by light

specifies a single pinkish or reddish flesh shade rather than any hue
to pigment
vsto incarnadine
1 5.1

To add color to something by applying a colored substance or by natural change

targets making a specific pinkish flesh hue rather than describing materials used
to ruddle
vsto incarnadine
  • Archaic
9.9

To color something red with red powder or paint

focuses on creating a pinkish flesh tone rather than a pure red
to tinct
vsto incarnadine
  • Archaic
9.9

To give something a very light color

means to produce a full flesh pink rather than tinting slightly

Antonyms

to bleach
50 3.2

To make something lighter in color, often using chemicals or sunlight

to decolorize
  • US
7.0

To take the color out of something like fabric or a photograph

How Pink

to incarnadine
  • Archaic
9.9
to tint
24 3.6

Surface Forms

incarnadine infinitive
incarnadined past
incarnadined past participle
incarnading present participle
incarnadines third person singular

Morphology

incarnadine = incarnate (semi-transparent) = in + carn + adine

The verb sense ('to make flesh-colored') is directly related to the root meaning 'flesh' though the suffix '-adine' is non‑productive in modern English, so learners familiar with 'incarnate' or 'carn-' may infer the meaning.

Etymology

Incarnadine comes from the Latin incarnare, made of in- 'in' and carn- 'flesh'. It literally means 'to make flesh', so as a verb it means to give something a flesh-like, pinkish or reddish color.