different between sooty vs dirty

English

Etymology

From 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 bes?tian (“to befoul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ti/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /?s?ti/
• Rhymes: -?ti

Adjective

sooty (comparative sootier, superlative sootiest)

1. Of, relating to, or producing soot.
2. Soiled with soot
3. Of the color of soot.
4. (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.
   • 1834, William Gilmore Simms, Guy Rivers: A tale of Georgia

     While thus reduced, his few surviving senses were at once called into acute activity by the appearance of a sooty little negro, who placed within his grasp a misshapen fold of dirty paper, […]

Synonyms

• (dark-skinned): black, dusky, inky, sable, swarthy

Derived terms

• sooty albatross
• sooty tern

Translations

Verb

sooty (third-person singular simple present sooties, present participle sootying, simple past and past participle sootied)

1. To blacken or make dirty with soot.

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• soti, soty, soyty, sotye

Etymology

From soot +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so?ti?/

Adjective

sooty (rare)

1. Soiled with soot; sooty.

Descendants

• English: sooty
• Scots: suitie, sitty, sittie

References

• “s??t?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-14.

English

Etymology

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt +? -y. See also drite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?ti/, [?d??i]
• Rhymes: -??(?)ti

Adjective

dirty (comparative dirtier, superlative dirtiest)

1. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

   Synonyms: filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed; see also Thesaurus:unclean

   Antonyms: clean; see also Thesaurus:clean

2. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

3. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

   Synonyms: indecent, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious

4. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.

   Synonyms: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike

   Antonym: sportsmanlike

5. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.

   Synonyms: base, dishonest, dishonorable, filthy, despicable, lousy, mean, sordid, unethical, vile

6. Out of tune.

7. Of color, discolored by impurities.

   Synonyms: dingy, dullish, muddied, muddy

   Antonyms: bright, pure

8. (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.

9. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.

10. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".

11. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
    • 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature

      Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.

12. (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.

    Antonym: neat

13. Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
    • 2020, Mellissa Sevigny, Squeaky Clean Keto: Next Level Keto to Hack Your Health, Victory Belt Publishing (?ISBN), page 13:

      Dirty keto refers to an approach that follows the typical keto macro ratios, but the components include “dirty” foods like fast food, packaged convenience foods, processed meats, artificially sweetened diet sodas and sports drinks, and unhealthy ...

14. Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.

    a dirty explosion

    a dirty bomb

15. (Utah) Of a carbonated soft drink (soda or coke), the addition of an extra flavor shot, such as those sold by chains Sodalicious and Swig

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Adverb

dirty (comparative more dirty, superlative most dirty)

1. In a dirty manner.

   Synonyms: deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedly

Derived terms

• talk dirty

Translations

Verb

dirty (third-person singular simple present dirties, present participle dirtying, simple past and past participle dirtied)

1. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.

   Synonyms: soil, taint; see also Thesaurus:dirty

2. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

   Synonym: sully

3. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
4. (intransitive) To become soiled.

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