Synonyms for fuliginous

Most common

smoky · dusky · sooty

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Adjective

Antonyms

clear, alight

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky.

Related words

Other spellings

fuliginose

Example sentences

• smoky The room was so smoky that I could hardly breathe.
• dusky He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
• sooty The dragon breathed fire and exhaled its sooty ashen remains.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

dark¹

5 letters

smoky², dusky, sooty²

7 letters

obscure²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (smoky² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

fuligineux

Italiano

fuligginoso