Antonyms for smoky


Grammar : Adj
Spell : smoh-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsmoʊ ki


Definition 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

Synonyms for smoky

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