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Synonyms for sooty

Most common

coal-black jet jet-black pitchy dusky inky smoky sootlike

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Coal-black

coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, jet

2. Dusky — dark-skinned; black

dusky, black, dirty, inky, swarthy, murky, sable, fuliginous

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Dark-skinned; black.

  2. adj. 2

    Of, relating to, or producing soot.

Example sentences

  • jet He covered the whole continent in his private jet.
  • dusky He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
  • inky The night was tranquil, the sky clear and inky black.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sootysteady
jetfalling
pitchyfalling
duskysteady

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

By length

3 letters
jet1
4 letters
inky2
5 letters
black1, dirty2, smoky2, murky2, sable2, dusky
6 letters
pitchy
7 letters
swarthy2
8 letters
sootlike
10 letters
fuliginous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inky2 = 2 syllables).