tinge

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

tinge, v. t. [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. , and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunchōn, dunchōn, thunkōn. 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.  [1913 Webster]
"His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To color; dye; stain.

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.  [1913 Webster]
"His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tinge, v. & n.
--v.tr. (also tingeing) (often foll. by with; often in passive)
1 colour slightly (is tinged with red).
2 affect slightly (regret tinged with satisfaction).
--n.
1 a tendency towards or trace of some colour.
2 a slight admixture of a feeling or quality.

Etymology

ME f. L tingere tinct- dye, stain

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

tinge

Smallness

N smallness, littleness, tenuity, paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance), mediocrity, moderation, small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace, minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow, spark, scintilla, gleam, touch, cast, grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture, inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive, snip, snippet, snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag, chip, chipping, shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair, nutshell, thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean, animalcule, trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity, small, little, diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable, paltry, faint, slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited, meager, sparing, few, low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a low ebb, halfway, moderate, modest, tender, subtle, inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small, atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare, near run, dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent, to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly, imperceptibly, miserably, wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly, faintly, passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand, dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, small sands the mountain, moments make the year.

Mixture

N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.

VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

Color

N color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.

VB color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue, paint.