fug

(fŭg)

A heavy, stale atmosphere, especially the musty air of an overcrowded or poorly ventilated room: "In spite of the open windows the stench had become a reeking fug" (Colleen McCullough).

[Perhaps alteration of fogo, stench.]

fug·gy adj.

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fug

(fʌɡ)

chiefly Brit a hot, stale, or suffocating atmosphere

[C19: perhaps variant of fog¹]

ˈfuggy adj

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fug

(fʌg)

n.

stale air, esp. the humid, warm, ill-smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc.

[1885–90]

fug′gy, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

fug - (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

fogginess, murk, murkiness, fog - an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

fug

noun stale air, stink, reek, staleness, fustiness, fetidity, fetor, frowst, frowstiness the fug of cigarette smoke

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Translations

aria viziata odore di chiuso

fug

[fʌg] N (esp Brit) → aire m viciado
what a fug! → ¡qué olor!
there's a fug in here → aquí huele a cerrado

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fug

n (esp Brit inf) → Mief m (inf)

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fug

[fʌg] n (Brit) → aria viziata

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In 1964, Sanders opened the Peace Eye Bookstore, which sold small press poetry publications and provided a base for Sanders's diverse activities--the press, poetry, art shows, rehearsal space for his rock band, the Fugs (see fig.

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(4.) According to the website for the 1960s rock band The Fugs, band member Tuli Kupferberg suggested the name for the band based on Mailer's use of "fug" in The Naked and the Dead.

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Eddy's revelation shakes Dwight out of his self-pitying fug and he tidies his appearance then drives back to West Virginia to dole out what he perceives as justice to Will.

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The excellent cinematography shrouds everyone in a fug that is perfect for drugged-up and washed-up musicians.

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A thick fug of pollution has blanketed Beijing and other Chinese cities a number of times over recent weeks.

Japan warns about smog drifting from China

bowl of canned spaghetti & mixed it with the aerated fug that hung

To Rotate

In Fug You, his recent memoir of the 1960s in New York City, Ed Sanders of the Fugs recalls renting an apartment at 203 Avenue A (at 13th Street) in August of 1963.

The costs of creativity

Also in New York, an opportunity to see South African plays not by Athol Fug comes July 25-Aug.

Festival carousel

Eckhard Gerdes then launches into a Neo-loycean rift in which Moore repeatedly drops off and reawakens, fitfully dozing through his own life until readers are no longer sure if they're experiencing some form of REM-solipsism or the character is fully awake and mired in an indecisive stoner fug of his own making.

Eckhard Gerdes. Hugh Moore

By rights, he shouldn't have reached his great age since he also smokes so many cigarettes that sometimes it's difficult to spot him through the fug that blankets his room.

Raise a glass to boozing; Paul Fulford A DIFFERENT VIEW OF LIFE IN BIRMINGHAM

With their claws out, these self-styled commentators seem to be hugely influenced by similar Hollywood blogs, the biggest of which is Go Fug Yourself.

Bend it like the Bloggers