3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Smoky \Smok"y\, a. [Compar. {Smokier}; superl. {Smokiest}.] 1. Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog. "Unlustrous as the smoky light." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere. [1913 Webster] 4. Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house. [1913 Webster] 5. Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells. [1913 Webster] 6. Suspicious; open to suspicion. [Obs.] --Foote. [1913 Webster] {Smoky quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See {Quartz}. [1913 Webster] Smolder From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: smoky adj 1: marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; "smoky rafters"; "smoky chimneys"; "a smoky fireplace"; "a smoky corridor" [ant: {smokeless}] 2: tasting of smoke; "smoky sausages" [also: {smokiest}, {smokier}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 124 Moby Thesaurus words for "smoky": Quaker-colored, acier, aerial, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, airy, ashen, ashy, besmirched, blackened, blotchy, canescent, cinereous, cinerous, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, darkened, dingy, dirty, discolored, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, dull, dusty, ethereal, foxed, foxy, fuliginous, fuming, fumy, gaseous, gasified, gasiform, gaslike, gassy, glaucescent, glaucous, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, grimy, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, grubby, grungy, inky, iron-gray, lead-gray, leaden, livid, mephitic, messy, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, miry, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, muddy, murky, oxyacetylene, oxygenous, ozonic, pearl, pearl-gray, pearly, pneumatic, reeking, reeky, sad, scruffy, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty, slovenly, smirched, smirchy, smoke-gray, smoking, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy, sober, soiled, somber, sooty, stained, steaming, steamy, steel-gray, steely, stigmatic, stigmatiferous, stigmatized, stone-colored, tainted, tarnished, taupe, untidy, vaporing, vaporish, vaporlike, vaporous, vapory
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