sooty

• Qui est couvert de suie ou qui ressemble à de la suie, c'est-à-dire une substance noire et poudreuse produite par une combustion incomplète.

Describes something covered with or resembling soot, a black powdery substance produced by incomplete combustion.

1. Black as coalB2formal

   Of a very dark, black color, resembling jet or coal.

   noir comme du charbon

   • The cat had a sooty black coat that gleamed in the moonlight.
   • The sky turned a sooty gray before the storm.
   • He wore a sooty black suit to the funeral.

   Synonymesblackcoal-blackebonyinkyjet-blackpitch-blacksable

   Antonymesmilkysnowywhite

2. Covered with sootB2formal

   Having a layer of black carbon dust, typically from smoke or fire.

   couvert de suie

   • The chimney sweep's face was sooty after a long day's work.
   • The old fireplace left the walls sooty and stained.
   • She wiped the sooty residue from the window sill.

   Synonymesblackenedgrimysmutty

   Antonymescleanspotless