to be tinged with something

  • 1tinged — [ 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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  • 2tinged — 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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  • 3tinged — [[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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  • 4tinged — 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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  • 5Tinged — 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 …

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  • 6tinged — [tɪndʒd] adj containing a very small amount of something white flowers tinged with blue[/ex] …

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  • 7lavender-tinged — adjective of something tinged with lavender • Similar to: ↑chromatic …

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  • 8violet-tinged — adjective of something that is tinged with violet • Syn: ↑violet tinted • Similar to: ↑chromatic …

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  • 9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 10performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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