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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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fug

(fʌɡ)
n
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.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.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
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fug

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

fug

[fʌg] N (esp Brit) → aire m viciado
what a fug!¡qué olor!
there's a fug in hereaquí 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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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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.
(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.
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.
The excellent cinematography shrouds everyone in a fug that is perfect for drugged-up and washed-up musicians.
A thick fug of pollution has blanketed Beijing and other Chinese cities a number of times over recent weeks.
bowl of canned spaghetti & mixed it with the aerated fug that hung
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.
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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.
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.
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.