Definition of Sooty

1. Adjective. Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.

Exact synonyms: Coal-black, Jet, Jet-black, Pitchy
Similar to: Achromatic, Neutral
Derivative terms: Pitch, Soot

2. Adjective. Covered with or as if with soot. "A sooty chimney"
Similar to: Dirty, Soiled, Unclean
Derivative terms: Soot, Sootiness

Definition of Sooty

1. a. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.

2. v. t. To black or foul with soot.

Definition of Sooty

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or producing soot ¹

2. Adjective. soiled with soot ¹

3. Adjective. of the color of soot ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sooty

1. covered with soot [adj SOOTIER, SOOTIEST] : SOOTILY [adv]

Medical Definition of Sooty

1. 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal." 2. Having a dark brown or black colour like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. "The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron." 3. Sooty albatross, a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sooty

soothsayer
soothsayers
soothsaying
soothsayings
soothsays
sootier
sootiest
sootily
sootiness
sootinesses
sooting
sootish
sootless
sootlike
soots
sooty (current term)
sop up
sopaipilla
sopaipillas
sopapilla
sopapillas
sopcheite
soph
sopheric
sopherim
sophi
sophies
sophism
sophisms
sophist

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