tincture
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈtɪŋk.tʃɚ/
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matiz
- Not only does she have a tincture of madness, she has a special madness that she can wield like a can of mace.
Examples
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And my conclusion is this: Lana Del Rey has a tincture of madness in her pocket.
Blog text (21) -
It signifies that from you great Rome shall suck reviving blood, and that great man shall press for tinctures, stains, relics and cognizance.
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Having been at the university and received there the taste and tincture of another education, I saw that there were things in this world of which I never dreamed: glorious secrets and glorious persons past imagination.
Blog text (21) -
But I, for one, firmly believe that there is more than a tincture of truth in what the good doctor wrote about there being a deeper bond between a man and his better half than we have heretofore suspected.
Blog text (25) -
While efforts at changing the Middle East through institutional reform proved impotent, at least they had a tincture of respectability by virtue of representing an approach that had not been seriously tried before.
Blog text (8) -
In some social constructionists, this tendency mingled with a tincture of late Marxism, which may itself be regarded as a sociological doctrine.
Academic text (1995) -
Quite apart from all such speculations, these data place one fact beyond all further doubt: since 1975, the influence of radical ideologies in literary scholarship has grown steadily and steeply, to the point where articles devoid of leftist ideological tincture are now the exception, not the rule.
Academic text (1992) -
The artist added a tincture of red to the canvas to create a warm effect.
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Her laughter had a tincture of joy that brightened the gloomy atmosphere.
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The sunset cast a tincture of orange across the horizon, signaling the end of the day.
Synonyms
492
3.3
A small sign that something was there
228
5.8
A feeling that something is less noticeable because of someone or something else
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3.8
A small amount that makes something a little different
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2.3
A small amount of something added to improve or change it
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4.4
A small amount of color or feeling in something
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2.5
A slight change in a color, like a pale blue
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3.6
A small amount of a feeling, like sadness or excitement
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.6
A liquid of iodine in alcohol used to clean cuts and prevent infection
- Archaic
A liquid medicine made from opium and camphor that treats diarrhea and eases pain
- NSFW
A strong liquid medicine made from opium and alcohol to relieve pain or diarrhea
How Present
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tincture comes from the Latin word tingere 'to dye' and is like the English words tint and tinge, so think of a very small dye. So a tincture is a slight 'trace' or hint of color, quality, or feeling.