tinge
1. a slight but appreciable amount
- this dish could use a touch of garlic
• Syn:
touch, hint, mite, pinch, jot,
speck, soupcon
• Hypernyms:
small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
• Hyponyms:
snuff
2. a pale or subdued color
• Syn:
undertone
• Hypernyms:
shade, tint, tincture, tone
1. affect as in thought or feeling
- My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
- The sadness tinged his life
• Syn:
color, colour, distort
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. color lightly
- her greying hair was tinged blond
- the leaves were tinged red in November
• Syn:
tint, tinct, touch
• Derivationally related forms:
tincture, tinter (for: tint), tinting (for: tint), tint (for: tint)
• Hypernyms:
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
colour, color in, colour in
• Hyponyms:
henna, tincture, complexion
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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