SOOTY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

sooty

adjective

Definition of sooty

as in smoky

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Recent Examples of sooty Its borders seem to expand as trash bags begin appearing on the Badris’ property, and shots of swarming flies and sooty skies turn practically malevolent. — Vulture, 16 July 2022 The Persian Polymath Avicenna compared the urine of newly pregnant women to chickpea water, which turned red in the later stages and a black, sooty color after childbirth. — Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2022 At Race Point in Provincetown sightings included a sooty shearwater, 23 common murres, 600 razorbills, 30 black-legged kittiwakes, and 5 Iceland gulls. — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2021 This is a novel of warrenlike buildings, sooty doors, small rooms that smell of mice and leather. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for sooty

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The focus on the eyes was conveyed through different techniques, ranging from graphic eyeliners in popping colors to glamorous smokey eyes delivered with the brand’s Stylo Contour des Yeux and finished off by L’Obscur and Le Magnétisme mascaras.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
There is always a vegetarian option, but this really is a place for ardent carnivores, who are encouraged each evening to watch as Patagonian lambs (or other regional produce) are cooked over an open fire in a smoky room by the kitchen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of smoky

Adjective

Lasting more than 10 minutes, the image begins eviscerated of scale and depth before slowly recovering a figure-ground relationship — from a smudgy surface to be contemplated to an image of a body moving through a landscape.

— Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
These tones were integral to Theron’s smudgy eyeliner at the London premiere and Hathaway’s smoky eye look at the Paris premiere.

— Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 17 July 2026

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