sooty

[ soot-ee, soo-tee ]

/ ˈsʊt i, ˈsu ti /

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adjective, soot·i·er, soot·i·est.

covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.

consisting of or resembling soot.

of a black, blackish, or dusky color.

Origin of sooty

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at soot, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sooty

soot·i·ly, adverbsoot·i·ness, nounun·soot·y, adjective

Words nearby sooty

soothfast, soothing, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, sooty, sooty blotch, sooty grouse, sooty mold, sooty mould, sooty tern

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Example sentences from the Web for sooty

And Carmen––what had been her thought when foul calumny laid its sooty touch upon her?
Carmen Ariza|Charles Francis Stocking
They asked which was his inn, and gazed foolishly at the sooty flue-branchings of the Pipes.
Back o' the Moon|Oliver Onions
He looked up, and saw a sooty old raven peering down at him.
Drolls From Shadowland|J. H. Pearce
The sooty youngster grinned and shifted his coil of rope from one shoulder to the other.
Our Little Swedish Cousin|Claire M. Coburn

Joan struggled to keep control of the situation—she suddenly smeared her face with her sooty fingers and turned with a grimace.
The Shield of Silence|Harriet T. Comstock

British Dictionary definitions for sooty

sooty

/ (ˈsʊtɪ) /

adjective sootier or sootiest

covered with soot

resembling or consisting of soot

Derived forms of sooty

sootily, adverbsootiness, noun

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单词	sooty
释义	sooty [ soot-ee, soo-tee ] / ˈsʊt i, ˈsu ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sooty ON THESAURUS.COM adjective, soot·i·er, soot·i·est. covered, blackened, or smirched with soot. consisting of or resembling soot. of a black, blackish, or dusky color. Origin of sooty Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at soot, -y¹ OTHER WORDS FROM sooty soot·i·ly, adverbsoot·i·ness, nounun·soot·y, adjective Words nearby sooty soothfast, soothing, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, sooty, sooty blotch, sooty grouse, sooty mold, sooty mould, sooty tern Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sooty And Carmen––what had been her thought when foul calumny laid its sooty touch upon her? Carmen Ariza\|Charles Francis Stocking They asked which was his inn, and gazed foolishly at the sooty flue-branchings of the Pipes. Back o' the Moon\|Oliver Onions He looked up, and saw a sooty old raven peering down at him. Drolls From Shadowland\|J. H. Pearce The sooty youngster grinned and shifted his coil of rope from one shoulder to the other. Our Little Swedish Cousin\|Claire M. Coburn Joan struggled to keep control of the situation—she suddenly smeared her face with her sooty fingers and turned with a grimace. The Shield of Silence\|Harriet T. Comstock British Dictionary definitions for sooty sooty / (ˈsʊtɪ) / adjective sootier or sootiest covered with soot resembling or consisting of soot Derived forms of sooty sootily, adverbsootiness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sooty black, dark, dingy, grimy, murky, smutty, blackened, fuliginous
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sooty

adjective, soot·i·er, soot·i·est.

Origin of sooty

OTHER WORDS FROM sooty

Words nearby sooty

Example sentences from the Web for sooty

British Dictionary definitions for sooty

adjective sootier or sootiest

Derived forms of sooty

Words related to sooty