tinge

tinge
    n 1: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a
         touch of garlic" [syn: {touch}, {hint}, {tinge}, {mite},
         {pinch}, {jot}, {speck}, {soupcon}]
    2: a pale or subdued color [syn: {undertone}, {tinge}]
    v 1: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings
         color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his
         life" [syn: {tinge}, {color}, {colour}, {distort}]
    2: color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the
       leaves were tinged red in November" [syn: {tint}, {tinct},
       {tinge}, {touch}]
    

Tinge \Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tingeing}.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin
   to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n,
   dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf. {Distain}, {Dunker}, {Stain},
   {Taint} a stain, to stain, {Tincture}, {Tint}.]
   To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;
   as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in
   some degree with the qualities of another substance, either
   by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to
   color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red;
   an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
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         His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections,
         are tinged by a certain extravagance.    --Addison.
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   Syn: To color; dye; stain.
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Tinge \Tinge\, n.
   A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or
   something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture,
   or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
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         His notions, too, respecting the government of the
         state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the
         government of the church.                --Macaulay.
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165 Moby Thesaurus words for "tinge":
      achromatism, affect, allegory, allusion, apply paint,
      arcane meaning, assumption, bedaub, bedizen, begild, bend, besmear,
      besprinkle, bias, breathe, brew, brush on paint, calcimine, cast,
      chromatism, chromism, coat, color, color balance, color harmony,
      color scheme, coloration, coloring, complexion, connotation, cover,
      dab, dash, daub, decoct, decorator color, deep-dye, dip, dispose,
      distemper, double-dye, dredge, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild,
      entincture, face, fast-dye, flavor, fresco, gild, glaze, gleam,
      gloss, grain, hint, hue, idea, illuminate, imbrue, imbue,
      implication, implied meaning, import, impregnate, incline, induce,
      inference, infiltrate, influence, infuse, infusion, ingrain,
      inkling, innuendo, instill, intimation, ironic suggestion, japan,
      key, lacquer, lay on color, lead, leaven, lick, look, meaning,
      metaphorical sense, move, natural color, nuance, occult meaning,
      overtone, paint, pallor, parget, penetrate, permeate, persuade,
      pervade, pigment, predispose, presumption, presupposition, prime,
      prompt, saturate, sauce, scintilla, season, seasoning, shade,
      shadow, shellac, sip, skin color, slop on paint, smack, smattering,
      smear, smell, soften up, soupcon, spark, spice, sprinkling, stain,
      steep, stipple, strain, streak, subsense, subsidiary sense,
      suffuse, suggestion, sup, supposition, suspicion, sway, symbolism,
      taint, taste, temper, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tint,
      tone, touch, trace, transfuse, undercoat, undercolor, undercurrent,
      undermeaning, undertone, varnish, vestige, wash, wear down,
      weigh with, whitewash, work