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View synonyms for tinged

tinged

[ tinjd ]

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of tinge.
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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.

From Salon

The game will be tinged with sadness after the death of Gary Shaw, the 63-year-old passing away after a fall at home.

From BBC

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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