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fug

1 of 2

noun

: the stuffy atmosphere of a poorly ventilated space
also : a stuffy or malodorous emanation
fuggy adjective

fug

2 of 2

verb

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
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

Time Traveler
The first known use of fug was in 1888

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