1
: a slight staining or suffusing shade or color
2
: an affective or modifying property or influence : touch
a tinge of guilt
tinged; tingeing or tinging
ˈtin-jiŋ 
1
a
: to color with a slight shade or stain : tint
b
: to affect or modify with a slight odor or taste
2
: to affect or modify in character
Examples of tinge in a Sentence
Noun
showing a tinge of color
dark hair with reddish tinges
Verb
The ink tinged his fingers blue.
just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Classical composers such as Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Rachmaninoff had this dark quality with a tinge of beauty to them.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Jessica Scemama, Glamour, 6 July 2025
The color on her lips wasn’t completely dissimilar to the shimmer on her lids and under her eyes; only the shadow above her nose was tinged with dusty brown and specks of amber.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
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Noun
Her new record, which dropped April 18, is a 14-track collection of alternative, dark-pop with tinges of hip-hop and electronic music.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Classical composers such as Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Rachmaninoff had this dark quality with a tinge of beauty to them.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
Cut from resin and tinged with a baroque touch, the old-fashioned jewelry trend is seeing a new life on and off the catwalk.
—Jessica Scemama, Glamour, 6 July 2025
The color on her lips wasn’t completely dissimilar to the shimmer on her lids and under her eyes; only the shadow above her nose was tinged with dusty brown and specks of amber.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
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“Tinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tinge. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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