smutchy

The child's smutchy hands held the freshly picked apple.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Marked with smut or dirt: "smutchy" describes something that is soiled, stained, or smeared with dirt, soot, or grime. It implies a state of being unclean or discolored, often in a way that is noticeable or unpleasant.

Usage Examples

• (His hands were dirty and stained with coal dust.)
• (The photograph was soiled and marked with dirt.)

Advanced Usage

• "smutchy appearance": a look that is characterized by smudges or dirt.

  • The windows had a smutchy appearance after the rain, with streaks of mud and grime. (The windows looked dirty and smeared.)

• "smutchy residue": a thin layer of dirt or soot left behind.

  • The candle left a smutchy residue on the glass holder. (The candle left a sooty, dirty mark.)

Variants and Related Words

• Smutch (n): a stain or smudge, especially of dirt or soot.

  • There was a smutch of ink on his shirt. (A small stain of ink.)

• Smutched (adj): past participle form, meaning stained or marked with smut.

  • Her face was smutched with chocolate. (Her face was smeared with chocolate.)

Synonyms

• Soiled: made dirty or unclean.
• Smudged: marked with a blurry or dirty streak.
• Grimy: covered with a layer of dirt or soot.
• Sooty: blackened or stained with soot.

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