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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

besmirched, blotchy, dingy, dirty, dusty, fuliginous, grimy, grubby, grungy, messy, miry, muddy, murky, scruffy, slovenly, smirched, smirchy, smoky, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy, untidy

Dictionary Results for sooty:

1. WordNet® 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"

2. 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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3. 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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