Sookier vs Sootier - What's the difference?

sookier | sootier |

As adjectives the difference between sookier and sootier

is that sookier is comparative of sooky while sootier is comparative of sooty.

sookier

English

Adjective

(head)

(sooky)

sooky

English

Alternative forms

* sookey * sukey

Adjective

(en-adj)

(Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.

* 2006 , Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods , page 189,

Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.

* 1978 , J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia , page 48,

Sentimentalists and political quacks have devoted much time to convincing the sookier twentieth century that nineteenth century New World penitentiaries were choked with near-blameless stealers of one teaspoon, one handkerchief, one loaf of bread.

* 1999 , Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home , page 138,

Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest , purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.

* 2009 , Evan McHugh. Birdsville , 2011, ReadHowYouWant, page 139,

Our trepidation at being savaged by a vicious pig dog was soon allayed, however. He turned out to be the sookiest dog on earth. All he wanted in life was a pet or a cuddle, preferably both.

Noun

(sookies)

A sook, a crybaby.

sootier

English

Adjective

(head)

(sooty)

sooty

English

Adjective

(er)

of, relating to, or producing soot

* Milton

Fire of sooty coal.

soiled with soot

of the color of soot

* Milton

The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.

Derived terms

* sooty albatross * sooty tern

Verb

To blacken or make dirty with soot.

* Chapman

Sootied with noisome smoke.