tinge
verb (used with object)
to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
tinges
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pluralof tinge.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof tinge (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
tingeverb (used with object)to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
Example Sentences
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On songs like “Slushy” and “Predictable Girl,” she intertwines a menagerie of robotic, spacey sirens with tinges of Jersey club beats and ’90s-influenced R&B chords.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Erivo supplies the film with Elphaba’s tinges of long-held sorrow and confusion that allow “Wicked” to be in conversation with the world it’s being released into.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2024
There’re all these different tinges — but that’s an entirely different conversation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
Defective plumbing that tinges water brown or creates an odd taste can also turn people away from the faucet.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
Moonlight from the windows tinges every room a ghostly blue-white, and they are, all of them, empty.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
