sooty.

Covered with fine black residue from burning, or resembling its dark color.

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Words that belong together

• sooty wall
• sooty glass

On the page

Sooty glass hid the fire's remaining glow.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more sooty; superlative most sooty when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.