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tinged
[ tinjd ]
adjective
- modified by a slight amount of a usually specified color or source of color; tinted or slightly discolored (usually used in combination):
He vomited a small amount of blood-tinged fluid.
I love this photo of the sunset over the ocean, with the tinged waves.
- slightly modified in a specified way (often used in combination):
She leads a cast of excellent actors in this supernaturally tinged sci-fi drama.
The song has the bluegrass-tinged sound of a traditional southern bar band.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of tinge.
Word History and Origins
Origin of tinged1
Example Sentences
His patter — fast, outraged, informed and tinged with well-timed jokes — was a master class in old-school talk radio.
Each syllable burns like an ember, every word tinged with new possibilities.
The game will be tinged with sadness after the death of Gary Shaw, the 63-year-old passing away after a fall at home.
Loraine became low-level depressed and, as the months of the pandemic turned to years, tinged with bitterness.
This was heavily tinged by antisemitism and a sense of resentment towards Jewish intellectuals who had moved right.
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