tinged

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It helps that Dvortsevoy's accented English isn't Russian-tinged, as you'd expect, but oddly Teutonic.

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  1. transitive verb To apply a trace of color to; tint.
  2. transitive verb To affect slightly, as with a contrasting quality: "The air was blowy and tinged with rain” (Joyce Carol Oates).
  3. noun A small amount of a color incorporated or added.
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  • The thought went through his mind, tinged, as his thoughts were apt to be tinged, with something deeper than melancholy, more austere than sarcasm. —  The Key - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 08
  • I would compare it to a gold-tinged, fiery sunset . —  SLIGHTLY WICKED - THE BEDWYN SERIES BOOK 2 - MARY BALOGH
  • The Duke nodded, his eyes red-tinged pools in the flickering candlelight. —  Carr, John F, Kalvan Kingmaker (v1.0) (html).html
  • WMAP has produced such a mapping, producing an orange-tinged bluish map that has become well known in science articles and book cover art. —  AnalogSFF,March2008
  • “Is that what you call it?” Amusement tinged the words. —  TheSicilian’sChristmasBride
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