fug

See also Fug, and füg

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

fug (countable and uncountable; plural fugs)

1. (rare) A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area.
   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 4

     On certain days, when hot currents shimmered off Oyster's Reef, we would detect the chalk-dust of the mullock heaps, acrid; or, from the opal mines themselves, the ghastly fug of the tunnels and shafts.

   • 2005, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, Bloomsbury, hardback edition, page 42

     The misty fug his breath had left on the window sparkled in the orange glare of the streetlamp outside.

Translations

A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area

German: Muff (de) m. Russian: спёртый воздух m., духота f.

Anagrams

• GFU