sooty

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sooty
    adj 1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or
           coal [syn: {coal-black}, {jet}, {jet-black}, {pitchy},
           {sooty}]
    2: covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar. {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS.
   s?tig. See {Soot}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.
      "Fire of sooty coal." --Milton.
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   2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous;
      dusky; dark. "The grisly legions that troop under the
      sooty flag of Acheron." --Milton.
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   {Sooty albatross} (Zool.), an albatross ({Phoebetria
      fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called
      also {nellie}.

   {Sooty tern} (Zool.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found
      chiefly in tropical seas.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sooty \Soot"y\, v. t.
   To black or foul with soot. [R.]
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         Sootied with noisome smoke.              --Chapman.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "sooty":
      besmirched, blotchy, dingy, dirty, dusty, fuliginous, grimy,
      grubby, grungy, messy, miry, muddy, murky, scruffy, slovenly,
      smirched, smirchy, smoky, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy,
      untidy