fug
1 of 2noun
ˈfəg 
: the stuffy atmosphere of a poorly ventilated space
also : a stuffy or malodorous emanation
fuggy
ˈfə-gē
adjective fug
2 of 2verb
fugged; fugging
intransitive verb
: to loll indoors in a stuffy atmosphere
transitive verb
: to make stuffy and odorous
Example Sentences
Noun They sat in the dense fug of a smoky bar.
Recent Examples on the Web
William Booth, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 East Village, audience members are enveloped in a thick cloud that’s really just theatrical haze, not a pot-smoke fug. New York Times, 22 July 2022 The Mercury Store is in Brooklyn, a few blocks from the reeking Gowanus Canal and only steps from Third Avenue, where the air is heavy with asphalt fug. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 July 2021 That he is trailed by a fug of damaging allusions: Burisma. Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2020 The result is a thing of beauty: a dense bouquet of visual cunning, tinged with sobriety, acute social awareness and a fug of loving tenderness. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2020 David exists in a swampy fug of enmity, one-upmanship, and toxic misunderstandings; Seinfeld is defined by his playfulness, even delight, with minutiae. Kyle Smith, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020 The opium fug transports Mallo into his past, raking over the choices he's made on the road to greatness. Thomas Page, CNN, 7 Feb. 2020 Some of Mr Sandile’s recollections of that time seem still to be glimpsed through a hedonistic fug. The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019 See More
Noun
As reporters from The Washington Post went into some of the flats at Chalcots Estate, a public housing development in central-north London, they were met with a thick fug of heat. William Booth, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 East Village, audience members are enveloped in a thick cloud that’s really just theatrical haze, not a pot-smoke fug. New York Times, 22 July 2022 The Mercury Store is in Brooklyn, a few blocks from the reeking Gowanus Canal and only steps from Third Avenue, where the air is heavy with asphalt fug. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 July 2021 That he is trailed by a fug of damaging allusions: Burisma. Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2020 The result is a thing of beauty: a dense bouquet of visual cunning, tinged with sobriety, acute social awareness and a fug of loving tenderness. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2020 David exists in a swampy fug of enmity, one-upmanship, and toxic misunderstandings; Seinfeld is defined by his playfulness, even delight, with minutiae. Kyle Smith, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020 The opium fug transports Mallo into his past, raking over the choices he's made on the road to greatness. Thomas Page, CNN, 7 Feb. 2020 Some of Mr Sandile’s recollections of that time seem still to be glimpsed through a hedonistic fug. The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
perhaps alteration of fog entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
1888, in the meaning defined above
Verb
circa 1889, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense