TINGED Definition & Meaning

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tinged

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adjective

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.
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

the simple past tense and past participle of tinge.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tinged¹

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

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But for a time, it was “he said something racially tinged, racially divisive, racially loaded.”

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But this trip, without Watkins, will be tinged forever with questions of what could have been.

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How much more evidence do we need that the Democrats’ identity-group-targeted messaging doesn’t work, still more when it’s tinged with pity?

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Even the day scenes feel tinged by darkness — especially when Shula visits her dead uncle’s home to find a neglected hovel of forgotten children likely to be abandoned by her judgmental aunties.

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It was a deeply romantic gesture that came tinged with sadness.

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