: the stuffy atmosphere of a poorly ventilated space
also
: a stuffy or malodorous emanation
fugged; fugging
: to loll indoors in a stuffy atmosphere
: to make stuffy and odorous
Examples of fug in a Sentence
Noun
They sat in the dense fug of a smoky bar.
Recent Examples on the Web
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 June 2025
The fug of beer, the sight of so many shiny bottles, the circulating trays of Champagne can sometimes be too much, especially for those new to, or feeling shaky in, their sobriety.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
In the forties, a German beekeeper named Johann Thür used the term Nestduftwärmebindung—literally, nest-scent-heat-binding—to convey the heady fug of warmth, humidity, pheromones, and other mysterious signals that is essential to a healthy bees’ nest.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
The fourth quarter, when the Chinese economy began to re-emerge from its COVID fug, was also better for Tencent.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
Armies of young women emerged from the fug of subway stations every day to fill the offices of those magazines.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
As reporters from The Washington Post went into some of the flats at Chalcots Estate, a public housing development in central-north London, they were met with a thick fug of heat.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
East Village, audience members are enveloped in a thick cloud that’s really just theatrical haze, not a pot-smoke fug.
—New York Times, 22 July 2022
The Mercury Store is in Brooklyn, a few blocks from the reeking Gowanus Canal and only steps from Third Avenue, where the air is heavy with asphalt fug.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 July 2021
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Noun
But summer back in New York, amid the fug of the city, requires a return to a tested and true formula.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 June 2025
The fug of beer, the sight of so many shiny bottles, the circulating trays of Champagne can sometimes be too much, especially for those new to, or feeling shaky in, their sobriety.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
In the forties, a German beekeeper named Johann Thür used the term Nestduftwärmebindung—literally, nest-scent-heat-binding—to convey the heady fug of warmth, humidity, pheromones, and other mysterious signals that is essential to a healthy bees’ nest.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
The fourth quarter, when the Chinese economy began to re-emerge from its COVID fug, was also better for Tencent.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
Armies of young women emerged from the fug of subway stations every day to fill the offices of those magazines.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
As reporters from The Washington Post went into some of the flats at Chalcots Estate, a public housing development in central-north London, they were met with a thick fug of heat.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
East Village, audience members are enveloped in a thick cloud that’s really just theatrical haze, not a pot-smoke fug.
—New York Times, 22 July 2022
The Mercury Store is in Brooklyn, a few blocks from the reeking Gowanus Canal and only steps from Third Avenue, where the air is heavy with asphalt fug.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 July 2021
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“Fug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fug. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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