sooty

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sooty

The old chimney sweep's face was sooty after a day's work.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Covered with or as if with soot: Describes something that is blackened or dirty from a fine black powder produced by burning.
    • Of a very dark black color: Describes a color that is deep, dark black, similar to that of soot, jet, or coal.
Usage and Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The sooty walls of the old fireplace needed cleaning. (The walls were blackened by smoke and ash.)
    • After the fire, the rescue workers emerged with sooty faces. (Their faces were covered in black dust from the burnt materials.)
    • The bird had sooty black feathers. (The bird's feathers were a deep, dark black color.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Sooty" as a descriptor for atmosphere or mood: While less common, it can be used metaphorically to describe something dark, gloomy, or grim.
    • The novel painted a sooty picture of life in the industrial city. (It depicted a dark and grim picture.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Soot (n): The black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.
    • Chimneys need to be cleaned to remove soot.
  • Sootiness (n): The state or quality of being sooty.
    • The sootiness of the air was a health concern.
Synonyms
  • Blackened: Made black or dark, especially by smoke or dirt.
  • Grimy: Covered with or characterized by grime; dirty.
  • Jet-black: Of a deep, glossy black color.
  • Coal-black: Intensely black.
Antonyms
  • Spotless: Absolutely clean or pure.
  • Immaculate: Perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
  • Snowy: Of the color of snow; very white.
sooty

The old chimney sweep's face was sooty after a day's work.

Adjective
  1. covered with or as if with soot
    • a sooty chimney
  2. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

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