smoggy

adjective

smog·​gy ˈsmä-gē 

ˈsmȯ-

smoggier; smoggiest

: characterized by or abounding in smog

a smoggy haze

smoggy freeways

Synonyms of smoggy

• hazy
• misty
• rainy
• murky
• clouded
• foggy

Examples of smoggy in a Sentence

it was hard to see through the smoggy afternoon sky

Recent Examples on the Web

Separated by billions of miles and shaped by very different environments, Saturn's smoggy moon Titan and the dwarf planet Pluto have, on paper, little in common. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 July 2026

Sam Woodward 💨Writing to you from an especially smoggy Midwest metro. — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 16 July 2026

So California may be readying to wage a two-front battle — the familiar one against smog, but a second, altogether new one, against an administration determined to let California get smoggy again. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026

My final way station was called Argan House, a guesthouse surrounded by wild argan trees on a mountainside with distant views of smoggy Agadir and the milky maritime sky beyond. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for smoggy

• boggy
• doggie
• doggy
• foggy
• groggy
• soggy
• tragi
• yagi

Kids Definition

smoggy

adjective

smog·​gy ˈsmäg-ē 

also ˈsmȯg-ē

smoggier; smoggiest

: having a lot of smog