tinge

tr.v., tinged (tĭnjd), tinge·ing or ting·ing (tĭn'jĭng), ting·es.

1. To apply a trace of color to; tint.
2. To affect slightly, as with a contrasting quality: “The air was blowy and tinged with rain” (Joyce Carol Oates).

n.

1. A small amount of a color incorporated or added.
2. A slight added element, property, or influence: a tinge of regret.

[Middle English tingen, from Latin tingere.]

noun

1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation: cast, hue, tint, tone. See colors/colorless.
2. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment: gradation, hue, shade, tint. See colors/colorless.
3. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal whisker. See big/small/amount, show/hide.

n

Definition: color
Antonyms: white

n

Definition: hint
Antonyms: information

v

Definition: color
Antonyms: pale, whiten

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IN BRIEF: A pale or subdued color.

All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong. — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - farve, give tone
n. - farveskær, tone, anstrøg

Nederlands (Dutch)
tint(je), tinten

Français (French)
v. tr. - teinter
n. - nuance

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ton, Anflug, Beigeschmack
v. - tönen, einen Anstrich geben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόχρωση, χροιά, δόση
v. - χρωματίζω, βάφω ελαφρά, προσδίδω ελαφρά απόχρωση, χροιά ή γεύση

Italiano (Italian)
tingere, tinta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cor (f), matiz (m), toque (m), traços (m pl)
v. - colorir, tingir

Русский (Russian)
придавать оттенок, слегка окрашивать, придавать привкус/запах, оттенок, привкус, примесь

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - teñir, matizar, colorar
n. - tinte, matiz

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skiftning, nyans, bismak, anstrykning
v. - ge en viss nyans, blanda, ge en bismak åt, ge en ton, skiftning åt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
微染, 使带气息, 淡色, 些微气味, 色调

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 微染, 使帶氣息
n. - 淡色, 些微氣味, 色調

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~ 티가 나게 하다, 물들이다
n. - 엷은 색조, 냄새

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 色調の変化を示す, うっすらと染める, 気味を添える
n. - 色合い, …じみたところ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لون خفيف (فعل) يلون تلوينا خفيفا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צבע, גיוון, תיבל, הוסיף נופך‬
n. - ‮גוון, סימן, רמז, שמץ‬

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