Sooty Definition

so͝otē, so͝otē
sootier, sootiest
adjective
sootier, sootiest
Of, like, or covered with, soot.
Webster's New World
Dark or black like soot.
Webster's New World
Blackish or dusky in color.
American Heritage

Soiled with soot.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb

To blacken or make dirty with soot.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Sooty

Adjective

Base Form:
sooty
Comparative:
sootier
Superlative:
sootiest

Origin of Sooty

  • soot +"Ž -y

    From Wiktionary

Sooty Sentence Examples

  • In October I removed all the spark plugs and cleaned them up, they were pretty sooty.

  • The exhaust is very sooty and there is a build up on the number plate from the exhaust fumes.

  • The hair varies from a sooty black to dark and light brown and red.

  • Did manage a few interesting seabirds tho including sooty tern and brown booby.

  • Some other species are larger, and almost wholecoloured, being of a sooty or dark cinereous hue both above and below.

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