tint

SEE DEFINITION OF tint

nounshade of color
verbcolor with a certain shade

Synonyms for tint

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Antonyms for tint

color

verb. make pigmented; shade

complexion

noun. skin coloring, appearance

dye

verb. change color with mixture

dye

noun. coloring agent

Word Origin & History

"color," 1717, alteration of tinct (c.1600), from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture); influenced by Italian tinta "tint, hue," from Latin tinctus.

Example Sentences fortint

This discoloration was of a livid blue, about the tint of a tattoo mark.

That tint is what we call the blink of open water, said Johnson.

Naething but a bonny wee bairnie, whause mither has tint it!

That was something like—what a tint, what a bright note it set amid the surroundings!

If ever he praised a limb, a tint, a contour, it was solely from the artistic point of view.

The two figures, of a muddy grey in tint, stood out, lamentable.

Her fresh, plump, white form displayed the most delicate softness of tint.

The pencil could do nothing where so much depended on tint and glow.

I know every shade and tint of that blessed thing they miscall the tender passion.

The tint is carried on to the cheek, and adds brilliancy to the eye.

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