fug
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- noun
- /fʌg/
- Literature
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- She opened the window to let in fresh air, easing the fug that had settled in the crowded room.
Examples
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The stale air in the basement created a heavy fug that made it hard to breathe.
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That's too much fug for one room.
Blog text (25) -
Outside, the air seemed that much cleaner and fresher after the airless fug of Albert Hall Mansions, and she felt privileged to be alive.
Fiction book (1995) -
The ceiling over the pool was high up, some thirty or forty feet, with tall windows of opaque glass near the roofline, through which a few dim green rays of evening sunlight would sometimes penetrate to the fluorescent fug below.
Fiction book (1991) -
After the party, the room was filled with the fug of old beer and smoke.
Synonyms
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A cloud of smoke or gas with a strong often harmful smell
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Air that smells old and feels heavy
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A bad smell of gases from decaying or chemical waste
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An unpleasant strong smell that comes from old or dirty things
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A small puff of smoke or mist rising from something like a chimney
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Air in a room that feels heavy and not fresh
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Air that smells stale and damp in a closed room
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A strong unpleasant smell that makes people move away
Thick, stuffy, often smoky air in a room that makes breathing hard
Warm air that feels unpleasant because it does not move and has little fresh air
A stale, musty smell in a room or object
A stale, musty smell from old wood or damp rooms
Harmful gases that smell bad and come from engines or machines
Dirty, smoky air that makes breathing and seeing difficult
Antonyms
Compounds
How Stuffy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fug is easy to remember if you think of the common word fume meaning 'smoke', because both suggest bad, smoky air. So, a fug is the stuffy, stale, or smoky air in a room that makes it unpleasant to breathe.