sooty
To blacken or make dirty with sootTo blacken or make dirty with soot.
» Her face was sooty.
Ihr Gesicht war voller Ruß.
Её лицо было в саже.
Її лице було у сажі.
Meaning
1 sensesTo blacken or make dirty with soot.
Examples
6 sentencesHer face was sooty.
Її лице було у сажі. — iceman
ruЕё лицо было в саже. — Hellerick
deIhr Gesicht war voller Ruß. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The walls were painted a sooty color.
The dragon breathed fire and exhaled its sooty ashen remains.
His face was sooty.
The women in this village know the health consequences of the sooty flames only too well.
Origin
From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar MFrom Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”).
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Forms
sooties, sootying, sootied, sootiedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle