Fuliginous

//fjuːˈlɪ.d͡ʒɪ.nəs//

Synonyms for "fuliginous" (20 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (6)

Related words (10)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

2 relation types

derived

2 entries

related to

5 entries

Translations

16 translations across 14 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Catalan

1 entries
  • fuliginós adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 煤烟色 adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Finnish

1 entries
  • nokinen adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

French

1 entries
  • fuligineux adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

German

1 entries
  • rußig adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Greek

1 entries
  • αιθαλώδης adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Italian

1 entries
  • fuliginoso adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Japanese

1 entries
  • すすだらけの adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Korean

1 entries
  • 검댕 adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Latin

1 entries
  • fūlīginōsus adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Polish

1 entries
  • sadzowaty adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • fuliginoso adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Russian

3 entries
  • закопчённый adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)
  • покрытый копотью adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)
  • покрытый сажей adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Spanish

1 entries
  • fuliginoso adj (pertaining to or resembling soot)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

1729, John Woodward, An Attempt Towards a Natural History of The Fossils of England …the fuliginous Matter form'd, by the Drift of the Air, into the Shape of a Species of marine Lichen, in Creeks of Chimneys, Stoves, Forges and Furnaces, where there are Fires kept for a considerable Time, and much Fuel spent.

Source: wiktionary

1729, John Woodward, An Attempt Towards a Natural History of The Fossils of England ...the Tali, and Septa, are of a more dusky, or, as Wormius expresses it, of a more fuliginous Colour, than ours in England commonly are...

Source: wiktionary

1729, John Woodward, An Attempt Towards a Natural History of The Fossils of England I took them at first for natural Fruits of that Shrub, till the Coffee-Man assur'd me that, when they were first put up, there were none of them upon it, and that they were all form'd since... It has a fuliginous Taste, with a considerable Pungency. This Coffee-Room is much frequented: and there are generally several Pots and Boylers before the Fire. Out of the Dust that arises, the Steams of the Coffee, and other Liquors, Smoak of Tobacco, and the Halitus from the Breath of the People, those Bodies are form'd. This sets forth something of the Constitution of the Air of a Coffee-House.

Source: wiktionary

To that dingy fuliginous Operative, emerging from his soot-mill, what is the first duty I will prescribe, and offer help towards? That he clean the skin of him.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.

More for "fuliginous"

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.