fug
noun
stale air, especially the humid, warm, ill-smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc.
fuggy
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a word derived from
fug.
Example Sentences
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As a result, he set entire novels in cafés and bars, in fuggy interiors populated by secretive regulars, where the detective is an intruder.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016
Unusually exact but unfussy for a musical design, it's fuggy but spacious, with wood-covered walls hung with rows of black-and-white photographs.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013
It's also one with a fuggy ambience that reeks of Britain in the 70s.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2011
A celestial "aaaaaah" accompanies the buttery-yellow sun as it peeks out from its hiding place behind the fuggy clouds, allowing the groundstaff to start peeling the covers off.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2011
But her uncle and aunt have never allowed her to know anyone or to see anyone outside their own tiresome, fuggy old lot.
From From out the Vasty Deep by Marie Belloc Lowndes
