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tinge

tinge

15 4.4
A small amount of color or feeling in something
  • noun
  • /tɪndʒ/
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  • It's going to have more of like a pinkish tinge, which it would need to if it's been applied to fair skin.

And then Mars will just have that slight reddish tinge to it.

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Examples

  • The one cigarette had already left a tinge of yellow on the fingertip of her satin glove.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • "As the sun Rose higher, the snow on the plane took on a pink tinge.

  • And she went over all of the areas of the black just to add a little warm tinge to it.

  • Fall has a little tinge of incredible color that is just not seen in spring.

  • You can barely see a blue tinge over southern England, right?

  • Honey, I'm hearing a tinge of doubt in your voice.

  • And I would submit to you that where we see something funny, it's always with a tinge of darkness.

  • I feel like there's a tinge of regret.

  • The moonlight had lent a silver tinge to these old ruined buildings in the narrow streets.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The sunset painted the sky with a beautiful tinge of orange and pink.

Synonyms

hint
vstinge
153 1.5

A very small amount of something you can taste, see, or feel

means a small amount that can be slightly larger than a tiny trace
touch
vstinge
130 1.8

A small amount of something that you can notice

is the general small amount for color feeling or quality
shade
vstinge
127 3.8

A small amount that makes something a little different

refers to a small amount of a quality rather than a comparative difference
mite
vstinge
11 5.1

A very small amount

is a small amount that may be larger than an extremely tiny bit
undertone
vstinge
5 6.0

A faint color beneath a main color that changes how it looks

refers to a small amount of color or feeling rather than an underlying layer
soupçon
vstinge
2 9.9

A very small amount of something, like a tiny taste or hint

is a small or slight amount rather than an extremely tiny bit
tint
vstinge
1 3.6

A small amount of a feeling, like sadness or excitement

is a small amount that can be more noticeable than barely perceptible
tincture
vstinge
1 7.7

A small amount of a color or feeling that is easy to miss

is a small amount rather than an extremely tiny trace

Antonyms

216 2.1

A lack of someone or something that should be there

Compounds

A small feeling of guilt in a situation

A slight feeling of sadness that is not strong

A small amount of orange color that you can just see

How Noticeable

tint
12 2.5
tinge
15 4.4
trace
492 3.3
hint
153 1.5

Surface Forms

tinge singular
tinges plural

Etymology

Tinge comes from an old word that meant 'to dye' or 'give colour', and it is like the simple word tint, which means a small colour. So a tinge is a small amount of colour or feeling added to something.