Sooty

Quick meaning: Sooty is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, or producing soot.

Meaning

Of, relating to, or producing soot.

More Meanings

1. Soiled with soot
2. Of the color of soot.
3. To blacken or make dirty with soot.
4. (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.

Example Sentences

Fire of sooty coal.

Sootied with noisome smoke.

The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.

And, though I've laughed at your expense, / O sister of the sooty hue, / No man who has a heart and sense / Would do one deed to injure you.

Word Forms

• sootier
• sootiest
• sooties
• sootying
• sootied

Synonyms for sooty

Depending on context, synonyms include black, dusky, inky, sable, swarthy, achromatic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include colorless, pitchy, jet-black, achromatic, jet, black.

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