Sooty

Pronunciation: /ˈsʊti/

Definitions of sooty

adjective dark or black in color due to being covered in soot or dirt

Example Sentences

A1 The chimney sweep's clothes were covered in sooty residue.

A2 The old house had a sooty fireplace that hadn't been cleaned in years.

B1 The mechanic's hands were sooty from working on the car engine all day.

B2 The factory workers emerged from the plant with sooty faces and tired expressions.

C1 The historic building had a beautiful facade, despite the sooty exterior.

C2 The artist used a sooty charcoal to create a stunning portrait of the city skyline.

Examples of sooty in a Sentence

formal The fireplace was covered in a layer of sooty residue.

informal I had to clean the sooty mess left behind by the chimney.

slang The car exhaust made the back of the vehicle look all sooty.

figurative Her reputation was sooty with scandal and gossip.

Grammatical Forms of sooty

• past tense: sooted
• plural: sooties
• comparative: sootier
• superlative: sootiest
• present tense: soots
• future tense: will soot
• perfect tense: have sooted
• continuous tense: is sooting
• singular: sooty
• positive degree: sooty
• infinitive: to soot
• gerund: sooting
• participle: sooted

Origin and Evolution of sooty

First Known Use: 1250 year

Language of Origin: Old English

Story behind the word: The word 'sooty' originated from the Middle English word 'soty', which came from the Old English word 'sotig' meaning 'covered in soot'.

Evolution of the word: Over time, the word 'sooty' has retained its original meaning of being covered in soot, but has also been used metaphorically to describe things that are dirty or grimy.