| soot | (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, crock, lampblack, smut |
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| (verb) coat with soot | - |
| sooth | (noun) truth or reality | - |
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| soothe | (verb) cause to feel better | - |
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| (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: comfort, console, solace |
| soothing | (adjective) affording physical relief | - |
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| (adjective) freeing from fear and anxiety | Synonyms: assuasive |
| soothingly | (adverb) in a soothing manner | - |
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| soothsayer | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator |
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| soothsaying | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, foretelling, fortune telling |
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| sootiness | (noun) the state of being dirty with soot | Synonyms: smuttiness |
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| sooty | (adjective) of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal | Synonyms: coal-black, jet-black, jet, pitchy |
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| (adjective) covered with or as if with soot | - |