adj · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:smō'kē
US:/ˈsmoʊki/
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rhymes with -əʊki
CMU ARPABET:S M OW1 K IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Filled with smoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a smoky cabin
1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Peter Bell the Third,” Part 3, in The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: Edward Moxon, 1839, p. 240, Hell is a city much like London— A populous and a smoky city;
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Filled with smoke.
Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a smoky bar
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3
adj
Meaning 3
Giving off smoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a smoky oil lamp
1894, George Santayana, Sonnet, in Sonnets and Other Verses, Cambridge, MA: Stone and Kimball, p. 5, Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread.
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4
adj
Meaning 4
Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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5
adj
Meaning 5
Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a smoky whisky
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6
adj
Meaning 6
Resembling or composed of smoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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7
adj
Meaning 7
Blackened by smoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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8
adj
Meaning 8
Having a deep, raspy quality, often as a result of smoking tobacco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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9
adj
Meaning 9
Attractive in a sensual way; sultry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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10
adj
Meaning 10
Having a dark, thick, bass sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
a few smoky jazz notes
1962, Philip Larkin, “Billie’s Golden Years,” The Daily Telegraph, 17 October, 1962, republished in All What Jazz: A Record Diary, 1961—1971, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985, p. 73, [...] the sombre and magnificent Davis fronts both his Quartet and Gil Evans’s orchestra, pouring out a succession of smoky and sonorous solos [...]
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11
adj
Meaning 11
Giving off steam or vapour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
1594, Thomas Kyd (translator), Cornelia (Cornélie) by Robert Garnier, London: Nicholas Ling and John Busbie, Act V, He wrencht it [his sword] to the pommel through his sides, That fro the wound the smoky blood ran bubling, Where-with he staggred;
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12
adj
Meaning 12
Obscuring or insubstantial like smoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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13
adj
Meaning 13
Suspicious; open to suspicion; jealous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
1765, Samuel Foote, The Commissary, Act I, in The Works of Samuel Foote, London: George Robinson et al., 1799, Volume 2, p. 18, [...] this old brother of ours tho’ is smoky and shrewd, and tho’ an odd, a sensible fellow;
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14
adjective
Meaning 14
marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
smoky rafters
smoky chimneys
a smoky fireplace
a smoky corridor
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Antonyms: smokeless
15
adjective satellite
Meaning 15
tasting of smoke
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
smoky sausages
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History
Etymology
From Middle English smoky, smokie, equivalent to smoke + -y.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
ketsu
— filled with smoke
Bulgarian:
задимен
(zadimen)
— filled with smoke
Catalan:
fumós
— filled with smoke
Finnish:
savuinen
— filled with smoke
French:
enfumé
— filled with smoke
French:
fumeux
— filled with smoke
Georgian:
ბოლიანი
(boliani)
— filled with smoke
Ancient Greek:
καπνώδης
(kapnṓdēs)
— filled with smoke
Hindi:
धूमिल
(dhūmil)
— filled with smoke
Latin:
fūmōsus
— filled with smoke
Latin:
fūmeus
— filled with smoke
Māori:
mataauahi
— filled with smoke
Māori:
kaurukiruki
— filled with smoke
Norman:
enfuntchi
— filled with smoke
Polish:
zadymiony
— filled with smoke
Russian:
задымлённый
(zadymljónnyj)
— filled with smoke
Spanish:
humeante
— filled with smoke
Spanish:
humoso
— filled with smoke
Spanish:
lleno de humo / jumo
— filled with smoke
Swedish:
rökig
— filled with smoke
Tagalog:
mausok
— filled with smoke
Tausug:
maasu
— filled with smoke
Turkish:
dumanlı
— filled with smoke
Finnish:
savunvärinen
— of a color or color pattern similar to that of smoke
Finnish:
savukuvioinen
— of a color or color pattern similar to that of smoke
Irish:
toiteach
— of a color or color pattern similar to that of smoke
Irish:
toitiúil
— of a color or color pattern similar to that of smoke
Latin:
fumatus
— of a color or color pattern similar to that of smoke
Polish:
dymowy
— of a color or color pattern similar to that of smoke
Spanish:
ahumado
— of a color or color pattern similar to that of smoke
Spanish:
ajumado
— of a color or color pattern similar to that of smoke
