tinged

[tinjd]

adjective

1. modified by a slight amount of a usually specified color or source of color; tinted or slightly discolored (usually used in combination).

   He vomited a small amount of blood-tinged fluid.

   I love this photo of the sunset over the ocean, with the tinged waves.

2. slightly modified in a specified way (often used in combination).

   She leads a cast of excellent actors in this supernaturally tinged sci-fi drama.

   The song has the bluegrass-tinged sound of a traditional southern bar band.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of tinge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tinged¹

First recorded in 1565–75; tinge ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) tinged for defs. 1, 2, and tinge ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) tinged for def. 3

Example Sentences

Toilets lacked basic items such as soap, while water gushing from the faucets was tinged brown.

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The atmosphere is convivial but tinged with tension.

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His pessimism toward high finance was becoming tinged with political ideas.

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Buttery steaks and potatoes cooking in the kitchen tinged the air as the dance floor came alive with women spinning in dresses and men in shining shoes gliding to the rhythm of the music.

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This period saw a brilliant revitalization by Roman writers and orators of older Greek rhetorical techniques; it was “tinged with a romanticism common to movements oriented toward the distant past.”

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