fuggy


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fug

 (fŭg)
n.
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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Adj.1.fuggy - (British informal) poorly ventilated
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
unventilated - not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms"
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Translations

fuggy

[ˈfʌgɪ] ADJ (esp Brit) [air] → viciado, cargado; [room] → que huele a cerrado
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fuggy

adj (+er) (esp Brit inf) → muffig, miefig (inf)
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