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smoggy

smoggy

4 2.3
Air filled with smoke mixed with fog that is hard to breathe
  • adjective
  • /ˈsmɔɡi/
translation icon : contaminado
  • Many residents complain about the smoggy air quality during the summer months.
  • smoggy sky
  • smoggy haze
  • smoggy air

Examples

  • I've never been in such a smoggy place.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The smoggy haze filled the air.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • It's too smoggy in here.

    The Scout (1994)

  • It's another bright, smoggy day.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • It was a smoggy day

    Undiscovered (2005)

  • At ground level, the sky is one diffuse light source, sort of like a dark, smoggy day in Los Angeles.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Rooftop gardens are growing in popularity in notoriously smoggy Mexico City.

    Blog text (17)

  • We top the rise, and the smoggy vastness of Los Angeles at twilight stretches out before us.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The main room ran the length of the house, ending at an archway with two small windows showing a smoggy view of the Los Angeles skyline.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The streets of Tehran, smoggy, smoky, and hot, were not a resort, but to the man, they were familiar, cozy, and friendly.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

hazy
vssmoggy
49 3.9

Not clear because of mist or when you cannot remember it well

is a real air mix of smoke and fog that signals pollution
smoky
vssmoggy
27 1.0

Filled with smoke so the air looks cloudy and smells of smoke

is a mixture of smoke and fog and implies heavy pollution
foggy
vssmoggy
15 1.0

Air with small drops of water that make it hard to see

is the same obscurity but includes smoke and pollution as well
fumy
vssmoggy
  • Archaic
9.3

Containing smoke or strong fumes that make breathing hard

is a combined smoke and fog condition often linked to pollution
brumous
vssmoggy
  • Archaic
9.9

Having fog or mist that makes it hard to see

is similar visually but refers to polluted smoke and fog mixture
vapory
vssmoggy
8.2

Misty because tiny drops of water fill the air

is like that but specifically mixes smoke with fog and pollution

Antonyms

clear
866 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

unpolluted
3 3.9

Clean and not made dirty by harmful substances

How Smoggy

polluted
3.5
smoggy
4 2.3
hazy
49 3.9
clear
866 1.0

Surface Forms

smoggy positive
smoggier comparative
smoggiest superlative

Morphology

smoggy = smog (transparent) = smog + y

Clearly formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-y' to 'smog', meaning 'characterized by smog'.

Etymology

The word smoggy comes from smog, a short mix of smoke and fog, so imagine 'smoke' and 'fog' stuck together. So smoggy describes air that is full of that dirty mixture and can make it hard to breathe.