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Synonyms for nuance

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noo-ahns, nyoo-, noo-ahns, nyoo-; French ny-ahns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu ɑns, ˈnyu-, nuˈɑns, nyu-; French nüˈɑ̃s

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Définition of nuance

Origin :
  • 1781, from French nuance "slight difference, shade of color" (17c.), from nuer "to shade," from nue "cloud," from Gallo-Romance *nuba, from Latin nubes "a cloud, mist, vapor," from PIE *sneudh- "fog" (cf. Avestan snaoda "clouds," Latin obnubere "to veil," Welsh nudd "fog," Greek nython, in Hesychius "dark, dusky"). According to Klein, a reference to "the different colors of the clouds."
  • noun slight difference; shading
Example sentences :
  • There was a nuance of profound bewilderment in her exclamation.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • They do not understand me; the big noisy boors do not understand rhythm or nuance.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • He was the master of the nuance, and the nuance was his lyricism, his special gift, his genius.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • Of course I don't expect you, just at first, to feel the difference, to see the nuance.
  • Extract from : « The Reef » by Edith Wharton
  • The sand is fine as face powder, nuance Rachel, packed hard.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Incoul's Misadventure » by Edgar Saltus
  • He is a nuance, and is the first German to understand women!
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Never colour, only nuance—and the slash and sweep of a drastic imagination.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Introspective her glance, sympathetic and not without a nuance of melancholy.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • Maurice Barrs is a metaphysical Chopin in his feeling for nuance.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • They were artistic, but not artistic enough to appreciate the nuance of the story-telling art.
  • Extract from : « Aliens » by William McFee

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