tinge

About 1.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small added amount of colour; a small added amount of some other thing.
2. noun The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
3. noun A draper's or clothier's markup.
4. verb To add a small amount of colour; to tint; to add a small amount of some other thing.
5. verb To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
6. verb To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.

Similar words

tint hue tinct bepaint imbue touch undertone color suffuse shade

Often followed by

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Word family

tinged tingeing tinges tinging