pinkish

Everyday

Slightly pink; a colour with a little pink in it. tree →

In the lessons

Used in art and science descriptions: a pinkish sky at sunset, pinkish flowers, pinkish skin. The ending «-ish» means «a bit» or «roughly», as in reddish, tallish, sevenish.

Examples

• The sky turned pinkish at sunset. tree →
• The prawn turned pinkish when it was cooked. tree →
• Litmus paper can go pinkish in weak acid. tree →
• Her cheeks were pinkish from the cold. tree →
• The flowers are white with pinkish edges. tree →
• Cook the chicken until it is no longer pinkish inside. tree →

Note

Adjective, not graded (we say «more pinkish» rarely). The suffix «-ish» softens a word: «sevenish» means about seven o'clock. Food safety: chicken should not be pinkish in the middle.