Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Emitting smoke in profuse volume: a smoky stove.
- adj. Mixed or filled with smoke: smoky corridors.
- adj. Resembling smoke: a smoky haze.
- adj. Discolored or soiled with or as if with smoke: "The smoky Sicilian afternoon sun tinged the green landscape with red” ( Mario Puzo).
- adj. Tasting of smoke: smoky sausages.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Emitting smoke, especially much smoke; smoldering: as, smoky fires.
- Having the appearance or nature of smoke.
- Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling it; filled with a haze; hazy: as, a smoky atmosphere.
- Subject to be filled with smoke from the chimneys or fireplaces.
- Emitting smoke in an objectionable or troublesome way: said of chimneys, stoves, etc., sending out smoke, at fireplaces and pipe-holes, into the house, because of poor draft.
- Stained or tarnished with smoke.
- Quick to smoke an idea; keen to smell out a secret; suspicious.
- Of the color of smoke; of a grayish-brown color.
Wiktionary
- adj. Filled with smoke.
- adj. Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
- adj. Having flavour like smoke.
- adj. music, informal Having a dark, thick, bass sound.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid.
- adj. Having the appearance or nature of smoke.
- adj. Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick.
- adj. Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace.
- adj. Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke
- adj. obsolete Suspicious; open to suspicion.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. tasting of smoke
- adj. marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
Etymologies
- smoke + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.”
“As most of these occurred on stage in smoky comedy clubs before garnering his fame, this is where he chooses to return.”
For Apatow, comedy is easy but death is hard » Scene-Stealers
“I spent much of the early 1990s in smoky taxis in the Caucasus mountains, covering a series of small post-Soviet conflicts that built up to the war in Chechnya.”
“As for Miss Edgeworth, she was tall and slim and elegant and as pretty as any picture with her dark shiny curls and eyes that some described as smoky and others as violet, though all were agreed that they were uncommonly lovely.”
“The place is usually described as smoky, but I thought it less so than the central parts of London.”
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829
“Lucinda's voice could be described as smoky or gravelly, I suppose; it is definitely not smooth, but there is no artifice in it, nothing phony.”
The Huffington Post: Joseph Smigelski: Lucinda Williams: She Breaks My Heart
“Lee Woo-sing, a gold trader since the age of 15, recalls the smoky jazz club above the Canidrome, where black American musicians played late into the night.”
“One translucent brown variety is called smoky topaz because it creates a haze in the light around it.”
The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II
“Venters recalled the smoky haze of the saloon, the dark-visaged men, the huge Oldring.”
“It's called smoky now but it's been done in India since the 1960s and 70s.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘smoky’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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Words to Describe The Taste of Food
This list seeks to address a pet annoyance of mine. It occurs when chefs, food critics and travel writers, usually on television, taste something that looks either delicious or unusual and then in...
unctuous, sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami, piquant, savory, tangy, luscious, delectable, brackish and 66 more...
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Buttery
Words that make me feel cozy
Noodle, Nugget, Butter, Soft, Snug, Feather, Socks, Knit, Mug, Curl, Billow, Lounge and 315 more...
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lanas's Words
serendipitous, insouciant, charming, sanguine, dear, odd, quaint, small, tremble, blush, flirt, tryst and 248 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Favourites
wither, pallid, evanescent, enamour, discovery, smoky, tempest, pantheon, fatuous, revenant, aquatic, escapist and 92 more...
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Bird Wirds: Adjectives
Adjectives used in actual (non-taxonomic) bird names, past and present.
roseate, glossy, whooping, neotropic, pelagic, ferruginous, crested, whiskered, marbled, tufted, horned, eared and 818 more...
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purple mountain magesties
US mountain ranges
cascade, sierra, rocky, wallowa, teton, smoky, adirondack, appalachian, blue ridge, shawangunk, green, endless and 17 more...
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Moss
Essentials
antiquaroma, amber, autumn, sloe, hotlands, flaxen, jinx, emerald, cerulean, prairie, moor, smoky and 8 more...
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a List for Losties
polar bear, volkswagen bus, hatch, initiative, smoke, freckles, beach, caves, the Others, "we have to go ba..., brotha, fish and 21 more...
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