orangy

Or or·ang·ey,

[awr-in-jee, or-]

adjective

1. resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color.

   decorated with orangy-pink flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of orangy¹

First recorded in 1770–80; orange + -y ¹

Example Sentences

People will lose loved ones so Trump can run on his favorite xenophobic issue, as much his comfort zone as all that orangy pancake makeup he applies to hide his face every day.

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Dr. Bolton noted how “incredibly colorful” Io is — tinted in orangy browns and yellows because of the presence of sulfur and flowing lava.

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Dense, dark images, resembling liquid drops into a pool of mercury, shift into translucent, barely visible vertical curtains of orangy pink which, seconds later, have turned into a Jackson Pollock-like field of black scribble.

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It was sharp and mouth-puckering and undeniably orangy, if that orange came from Willy Wonka’s factory, that is.

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The cover of the catalogue, which reproduces a rare late painting that is basically abstract, is no help: It sets black against an orangy red, yellow and blue, the three primaries.

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