tinging

Adding faint hue

Tinging is the present participle of tinge, meaning to color slightly or add a trace of something: Sunset was tinging the clouds pink.

The word also applies to subtle emotional or qualitative additions: Regret tinged her voice.

The spelling distinguishes it from tinging as in making a ting sound.

sound

chime

Melodic bell sound

ding · plink · ring · jingle · clang · peal · knell · twang · reverberate · resonate

metallic

clink

Sharp metallic ring

resonate · vibrate · hum · shimmer · ping · ding · twang · jangle · rattle · chime

bell

chime

Melodic bell sound

toll · knell · clapper · glockenspiel · steeple · belfry · ring · dong · gong · strike

sensation

prickle

Tiny sharp point

  • stingSharp wound from insect
  • tingleSlight stinging sensation
  • needlePointed implement for sewing

prick · shiver · quiver · throb · pulse · numb · pins-and-needles · crawl · itch · burn

Opposites
degree of coloration/saturation

tingingsaturating

Filling to total capacity

drenching · flooding · suffusing · soaking · permeating

degree of influence/effect

tingingoverwhelming

Intensely excessive in force

dominating · engulfing · transforming · inundating · consuming

color removal vs. addition

tingingbleaching

Chemical color removal

blanching · whitening · decolorizing · fading · stripping

Family

tinge, tinged, ting, tinges, tintinnabulation

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G