to be tinged

  • 1tinged — [tındʒd] adj showing a small amount of a colour, emotion or quality tinged with ▪ His voice was tinged with sadness and regret. ▪ white blossom tinged with pink pink tinged/jazz tinged/romantically tinged etc …

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  • 2tinged — [ tındʒd ] adjective tinged with something that is tinged with a color, feeling, or quality contains a small amount of it: His voice was tinged with regret. white flowers tinged with blue …

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  • 3tinged — UK [tɪndʒd] US adjective something that is tinged with a colour, feeling, or quality contains a small amount of it tinged with: His voice was tinged with regret. white flowers tinged with blue Thesaurus: general words used to describe… …

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  • 4Tinged — [tintʃt, engl. tindʒd] der; , <aus gleichbed. engl. tinged, eigtl. Part. Perf. von to tinge »(leicht) färben, schattieren, tönen«, dies aus lat. tingere, vgl. ↑tingieren> fleckige od. dunkel verfärbte Rohbaumwolle …

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  • 5tinged — [[t]tɪ̱nʤd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ with n, ADJ colour If something is tinged with a particular colour, it has a small amount of that colour in it. His dark hair was just tinged with grey... The living room was tinged yellow by …

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  • 6tinged — adj. (cannot stand alone) tinged with (tinged with regret) * * * (cannot stand alone) tinged with (tinged with regret) …

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  • 7tinged — UK [tɪndʒd] / US adjective something that is tinged with a colour, feeling, or quality contains a small amount of it tinged with: His voice was tinged with regret. white flowers tinged with blue …

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  • 8Tinged — Tinge Tinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tingeing}.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n, dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf. {Distain}, {Dunker}, {Stain}, {Taint} a …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9tinged — adjective tinged with showing a small amount of a colour, emotion or quality: black hair tinged with grey …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10tinged — un·tinged; …

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