sooty-black
- adjective
- /ˈsuːti blæk/
- The child's fingers were covered in sooty-black dirt after playing near the fireplace.
Examples
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After the fire, the walls were stained sooty-black, leaving a mark of the devastating flames.
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Touch of sooty black through that lash line.
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The artist chose a sooty-black paint to capture the depth of the night sky in her mural.
Synonyms
Covered in dirt or soot so it looks dark
Very dark in color like black ink
Black or dark from fine dust left by fire
A very dark black color like deep night
Very black like coal or a dark night
A little dark in color, like very dark grey
A very dark colour like shiny coal
A very deep black color like coal
Very dark like black ink
Very dark black like raven feathers in the sun
Very dark like the color of coal
Very black in color like dust left by a fire
A very dark color like the black dust from a fire
Completely black like coal
Very dark, almost black, in color or very sad and gloomy
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Etymology
The word sooty-black comes from soot, the black powder left by fire, and black, so it means 'as black as soot'. That's why we use it for something with a deep, dark black color.