Her face was sooty.
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Sooty
//ˈsʊti//
Synonyms for "sooty" (36 found)
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Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
13 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- опушен adj (soiled with soot)
- покрит със сажди adj (soiled with soot)
Finnish
1 entries- nokinen adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
French
1 entries- fuligineux adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
Ingrian
2 entries- noekas adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
- noekas adj (soiled with soot)
Italian
2 entries- caliginoso adj (soiled with soot)
- fuligginoso adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
Latin
2 entries- cācabātus adj (soiled with soot)
- fūlīginōsus adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
Macedonian
3 entries- и́счаден adj (soiled with soot)
- са́ѓав adj (soiled with soot)
- ча́бав adj (soiled with soot)
Middle English
1 entries- sooty adj (soiled with soot)
Old Armenian
1 entries- յոլովամեղծ adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
Old English
1 entries- hrūmiġ adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
Persian
1 entries- دودناکی adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- beroomt adj (soiled with soot)
Portuguese
1 entries- fuliginoso adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
Romanian
1 entries- funinginos adj (soiled with soot)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- sùitheach adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
- sùitheach adj (soiled with soot)
- sùith verb (to blacken or make dirty with soot)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- čađav adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
- čađav adj (soiled with soot)
- čađni adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
Spanish
4 entries- fuliginoso adj (of, relating to, or producing soot)
- holliniento adj (soiled with soot)
- hollinoso adj (soiled with soot)
- tiznado adj (soiled with soot)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I have a pet train I sometimes take to work. It makes the office all sooty though.
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The dragon breathed fire and exhaled its sooty ashen remains.
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His face was sooty.
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