Her skin had a bluish tinge.tinge1 nountinge2 verb
tingetinge1 /tɪndʒ/ noun [countable] 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- For the first time since her pregnancy I felt a tinge of worry about other men.
- It had a blue tinge to it.
- It has a very long neck like a duck, and the front of the body sometimes has a faint purple tinge.
- It was slowly taking up the pink tinges of the rising sun.
- The light had a cold bluish tinge and the air was cooler too.
- The red maples, at the edge of the clearing, have a reddish tinge.
- The thought touched me with a tinge of sadness, at the same time that the scent touched me with happiness.
- There was a yellow tinge to their skin.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Her skin had a bluish tinge. His relief was tinged with sadness (=he also felt rather sad).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a very small amount of a colour, emotion, or qualitytinge of Her skin had a bluish tinge. His relief was tinged with sadness (=he also felt rather sad).· His green eyes were taking on a bluish tinge and hers were going green with so much exchanging of deep looks.· The light had a cold bluish tinge and the air was cooler too.
There was a tinge of sadness in her voice. This glass has a greenish tinge.tinge1 nountinge2 verb
tingetinge2 verb (present participle tinging or tingeing) [transitive] WORD ORIGINtinge2
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin tingere ‘to dip, make wet, tinge with color’VERB TABLE
tinge
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | tinge |
| he, she, it | tinges | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tinged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tinged |
| he, she, it | has tinged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tinged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tinge |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tinged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am tinging |
| he, she, it | is tinging | |
| you, we, they | are tinging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was tinging |
| you, we, they | were tinging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tinging |
| he, she, it | has been tinging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tinging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tinging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tinging |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Amelia called out cheerily to Jake, who remembered grinning, a grin tinged with anxiety.
- His flashes of light-hearted humour were commonly tinged with an awesome critical irony.
- It tinged the air with a smell of herbs and whisky.
- The golden crown of a sugar maple tinged with orange can startle you with its luminescence.
- This hope is tinged with anxiety.
- Was our modern age of triumph destined from the start to be tinged with despair?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Her skin had a bluish tinge. His relief was tinged with sadness (=he also felt rather sad).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
literary to give something a small amount of a particular colour, emotion, or qualitytinge something with something Her skin had a bluish tinge. His relief was tinged with sadness (=he also felt rather sad).· But the joy of birth was tinged with sadness.· But New Zealand's delight was tinged with sadness after opener John Wright's announced his retirement.
The light of the setting sun tinges the buildings with delicate colours. Pink tinged her cheeks.