[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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=on,
   dunch=on, thunk=on. cf. distain, dunker, stain,
   taint a stain, to stain, tincture, tint.
   to imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;
   as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in
   some degree with the qualities of another substance, either
   by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to
   color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red;
   an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
   1913 webster

         his sir roger's virtues, as well as imperfections,
         are tinged by a certain extravagance.    --addison.
   1913 webster

   syn: to color; dye; stain.
        1913 webster
see also:
tinged tingeing distain dunker stain taint 
tincture tint 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tinge \tinge\, n.
   a degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or
   something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture,
   or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
   1913 webster

         his notions, too, respecting the government of the
         state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the
         government of the church.                --macaulay.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tinge
     n 1: a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a
          touch of garlic" syn: touch, hint, mite, pinch,
           jot, speck, soupcon
     2: a pale or subdued color syn: undertone
     v 1: suffuse with color syn: imbue, hue
     2: affect as in thought or feeling; "my personal feelings color
        my judgment in this case"; "the sadness tinged his life"
        syn: color, colour, distort
     3: dye with a color syn: tint, tinct, bepaint, touch
see also:
touch hint mite pinch jot speck 
soupcon undertone imbue hue color 
colour distort tint tinct bepaint 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

165 moby thesaurus words for "tinge":
   achromatism, affect, allegory, allusion, apply paint,
   arcane meaning, assumption, bedaub, bedizen, begild, bend, besmear,
   besprinkle, bias, breathe, brew, brush on paint, calcimine, cast,
   chromatism, chromism, coat, color, color balance, color harmony,
   color scheme, coloration, coloring, complexion, connotation, cover,
   dab, dash, daub, decoct, decorator color, deep-dye, dip, dispose,
   distemper, double-dye, dredge, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild,
   entincture, face, fast-dye, flavor, fresco, gild, glaze, gleam,
   gloss, grain, hint, hue, idea, illuminate, imbrue, imbue,
   implication, implied meaning, import, impregnate, incline, induce,
   inference, infiltrate, influence, infuse, infusion, ingrain,
   inkling, innuendo, instill, intimation, ironic suggestion, japan,
   key, lacquer, lay on color, lead, leaven, lick, look, meaning,
   metaphorical sense, move, natural color, nuance, occult meaning,
   overtone, paint, pallor, parget, penetrate, permeate, persuade,
   pervade, pigment, predispose, presumption, presupposition, prime,
   prompt, saturate, sauce, scintilla, season, seasoning, shade,
   shadow, shellac, sip, skin color, slop on paint, smack, smattering,
   smear, smell, soften up, soupcon, spark, spice, sprinkling, stain,
   steep, stipple, strain, streak, subsense, subsidiary sense,
   suffuse, suggestion, sup, supposition, suspicion, sway, symbolism,
   taint, taste, temper, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tint,
   tone, touch, trace, transfuse, undercoat, undercolor, undercurrent,
   undermeaning, undertone, varnish, vestige, wash, wear down,
   weigh with, whitewash, work

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