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Meanings of tinge in English

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Affect as in thought or feeling.

        Portuguese
        fragmento
        Catalan
        pessic
        Spanish
        pizca

        A slight but appreciable amount.

            fragmento
            Portuguese
            enfatizar
            Catalan
            tenyir
            Spanish
            teñir

            Color lightly.

                  enfatizar
                  Portuguese
                  matiz
                  Catalan
                  matís
                  Spanish
                  matiz

                  A pale or subdued color.

                        matiz
                        Usage of tinge in English
                        1
                        Right at this moment, though, I felt a strong tinge of regret.
                        Secret Sanction
                        2
                        The colonel's hand had taken on a blue tinge from the pressure.
                        Stinger
                        3
                        The tinge of real danger undoubtedly added to Hill's prestige and authority.
                        The Guardian
                        4
                        The edge of the union has a decidedly green tinge these days.
                        The Irish Times
                        5
                        There was a speculative tinge in the operations of this landed aristocracy.
                        The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaw...
                        6
                        She did not notice the faintest tinge of coldness in their greetings.
                        The Motor Maids in Fair Japan
                        7
                        There was just a tinge of contempt this time in the words.
                        The Swindler and Other Stories
                        8
                        Every tinge and hue of life had left it in that instant.
                        Pictures from Italy
                        9
                        The power to darken the sun, and tinge the moon with blood.
                        The Mysteries of Free Masonry / Containing All the Degrees of th...
                        10
                        And the fallow of the canes takes a faint warm ruddy tinge.
                        Two Years in the French West Indies
                        11
                        Only the first day here, I'd already felt a tinge of regret.
                        Petals from the sky
                        12
                        Broadly speaking it is immigration with more than a tinge of racism.
                        The Irish Times
                        13
                        The preserving fluid added a pinkish tinge to the body and limbs.
                        My Tropic Isle
                        14
                        The general colour of this antelope is dun, with a rufous tinge.
                        The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
                        15
                        In that breeze Rachel felt a tinge of the cold weather coming.
                        Serena
                        16
                        What light slanted through the window gave the room a honeyed tinge.
                        Serena
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                        Translations for tinge
                        Tinge through the time
                        Tinge across language varieties
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