1. stained or blackened with soot, dirt, or other dark matter

1. past tense of smut; to stain or blacken with soot or dirt

Examples

• The chimney sweep’s face was smutted with soot after a long day’s work.
• Her white dress became smutted when she brushed against the dirty wall.
• The coal miners emerged from the shaft with smutted hands and clothes.
• He smutted his fingers while handling the charcoal.
• The old photograph was smutted with age and handling.
• Rain had smutted the windows with streaks of dirt.