Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - tinged

1. If something is tinged with a particular colour, it has a small amount of that colour in it. His dark hair was just tinged with grey... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n, ADJ colour 2. If something is tinged with a particular feeling or quality, it has or shows a small amount of that feeling or quality. Her homecoming was tinged with sadness. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n