Synonyms for smoky

Grammar : Adj

Spell : smoh-kee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsmoʊ ki

Top 10 synonyms for smoky

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Définition of smoky

Origin : early 14c., "emitting smoke," from smoke (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "filled with smoke" and meaning "resembling smoke" are from late 14c. Of flavors, from 1540s; of colors, from 1550s. Related: Smokiness.

adj hazy, sooty

Example sentences :

How eagerly did my glance endeavour to penetrate the smoky distance!
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

They're mostly dim and smoky, or like they're made out of fog, but this one wasn't.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

But he had never before returned so late, with his brain so hot and smoky.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

With that, Juve-Vagualame disappeared into a smoky wine shop.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Brown paper should never be used with baked dishes; the pitch and tar which it contains will give the meat a smoky bad taste.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

The cap leaden brown; gills and stem tinged with smoky brown.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

He was all Indian now; the streak of smoky white man was engulfed.
Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden

Dinner degenerated into a smoky bite, and then at dusk there was a council of war.
Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites

After washing them, he put them to broil over his smoky fire of green twigs.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

Smoky Creek Bridge had long been famous in mountain song and story.
Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman

Antonyms for smoky

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