sootier
More covered in grime
Sootier is the comparative form of sooty, meaning more covered with or resembling soot—the black powdery residue left by burning.
A chimney sweep's face might be sootier after a long day's work, or one fireplace might leave walls sootier than another.
The word extends to anything darker or grimier in appearance: The industrial district looked sootier than the rest of the city.
One who cleans flues
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- flueChimney's inner passage
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
creosote · fireplace · grime · residue · cinder · charcoal · smudged · smog
Made morally dirty
- sulliedMade morally unclean
- tarnishedOxidized and discolored
- smearedSpread carelessly across
- blottedSoaked up liquid
discolored · spotted · marred · blemished · soiled · streaked · darkened · defaced
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- particulatesMinute airborne solids or droplets
- exhaustUse up entirely
- industrialOf factories and production
haze · fumes · air quality · carbon · contaminated · greenhouse · acid rain · noxious
chimneysweep
One who cleans flues
smoke · creosote · fireplace · grime · residue · cinder · charcoal · smudged · smog · exhaust
besmirched
Made morally dirty
blotted · discolored · spotted · marred · blemished · soiled · streaked · darkened · defaced · muddied
smog
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- particulatesMinute airborne solids or droplets
- exhaustUse up entirely
industrial · haze · fumes · air quality · carbon · contaminated · greenhouse · acid rain · noxious · environmental