tinge

1. 1.

   affect as in thought or feeling

   “My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”

   “The sadness tinged his life”

   Synonymscolorcolourdistort

   Broaderaffect
2. 2.

   color lightly

   “her greying hair was tinged blond”

   “the leaves were tinged red in November”

   Synonymstinttincttouch

   Broadercolor

   Narrowerhennatincturecomplexion

Other forms of tinge

plural

tinges·

past tense

tinged·

present participle

tinging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tinge

What does tinge mean?

tinge means "a slight but appreciable amount". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tinge?

tinge has 1 syllable: tinge. In IPA it is /ˈtɪndʒ/.

What is another word for tinge?

Close synonyms include touch, hint, mite, pinch, jot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tinge a common word?

tinge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.