SOOTINESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being dirty with soot

Synonyms:

smuttiness; sootiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sootiness" is a kind of...):

dirtiness; uncleanness (the state of being unsanitary)

Derivation:

sooty (covered with or as if with soot)

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