sooty-black

Thân thiện

The chimney sweep's hands were completely sooty-black.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Of the black color of soot: Describes a deep, dark black color that resembles the black residue from smoke or burning, often with a dull, non-reflective quality.

Usage

• This adjective is used to describe the color of objects, animals, or surfaces that are a very dark, pure black, similar to the appearance of soot.
• It is typically placed before the noun it modifies (attributive position).

Examples

• The sooty-black feathers of the raven gleamed in the sunlight.
• After the fire, the walls were left a sooty-black.
• The kitten had a sooty-black coat with bright green eyes.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to describe something that is not just dark in color but also conveys a sense of being stained, dirty, or associated with fire and smoke.
  • The sooty-black memories of the industrial past still haunt the city.

Variants and Related Words

• Sooty (adj): Covered with or resembling soot; often a slightly lighter or more grayish black than "sooty-black."
  • His hands were sooty from cleaning the chimney.
• Jet-black (adj): A very deep, glossy black, often shinier than "sooty-black."
• Pitch-black (adj): Intensely dark black, often used for complete absence of light; can be interchangeable with "sooty-black" but without the specific connotation of soot.

Synonyms

• Inky-black: Very dark black, like ink.
• Coal-black: Black like coal.
• Ebon: Poetic term for black, like ebony wood.

Antonyms

• Snow-white: Pure white.
• Ivory: A creamy white color.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of the black color of soot

Từ đồng nghĩa

• soot-black