Clean and Sooty

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Clean adjective - Free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits.

Usage example: clean dishes

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Sooty is an antonym for clean.

Nearby Words: clear, cleaned, cleanup, clearing, cleanly

Sooty adjective - Covered with or as if with soot.

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Clean is an antonym for sooty.

Nearby Words: soot, sooted, sooting

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Sooty and Clean. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/sooty

Clean & Sooty. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/sooty>.

Sooty or Clean. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/sooty.

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