tinge
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- n a slight but appreciable amount
- n a pale or subdued color
- v affect as in thought or feeling
The sadness tinged his life - v color lightly
her greying hair was tinged blond
the leaves were tinged red in November
- Those troops, as well as the leftist tinge of the Cuban-assisted revolution that overthrew Nicaraguan Strongman Anastasio Somoza, raised fears that the canal faced a remote .
- But top-rank scientists charged that the foundation had a distinctly pro-Nazi tinge, that its subsidized sociological studies had served as a front for researches in "racism.
- Without it, instant chocolate pudding would be greenish, artificially flavored grape soda would look blue, and cake mixes would have a lemony-green tinge.