| ADJECTIVE | all | sooty, coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy | of the blackest black |
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| all | sooty | covered with or as if with soot |
| Sounds | suw'tiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal. | |
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| Synonyms | coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy | |
| Broader | achromatic, neutral | Having no hue |
| Spanish | negro azabache, negro carbón | |
| Catalan | negre carbó | |
| Nouns | soot | a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink |
| Meaning | Covered with or as if with soot. | |
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| Example | "a sooty chimney" | |
| Broader | dirty, soiled, unclean | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |
| Nouns | soot | a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink |
| sootiness | the state of being dirty with soot | |
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