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tinged

[tinjd]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of tinged¹

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

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His self-deprecating brand of humor, tinged with a touch of irony, was often apparent in the interviews he conducted for many of his films, confronting former Nazis and collaborators.

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Deborah’s relief is tinged with guilt, and the interaction indirectly leads her to realize that she’s constantly failing to protect the ones she loves.

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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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