smoggy

adjective

ˈsmä-gē How to pronounce smoggy (audio)
Definition of smoggynext
as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension it was hard to see through the smoggy afternoon sky

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Recent Examples of smoggy 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 Commuters make their way past India Gate amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi, India, on October 29, 2025. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026 Women waiting to board a bus amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi on Saturday. — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025 The day’s clear blue sky, in a city that tends to be smoggy, seemed especially a good omen for commerce. — Anindo Sen, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smoggy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoggy
  1. hazy
  2. misty
  3. rainy
  4. murky
  5. clouded
  6. foggy
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  • But the movie is a little hazy about what the father may have actually done.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The story takes place during the course of one evening, in a hazy spiritual plane where anguished souls are caught between life and the hereafter.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of hazy
Adjective
  • At Emporio Armani, models walked the runway in gossamer-thin tanks and misty trousers that toed the line between lavender and blue.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 June 2026
  • Base yourself in Cerro Verde or Lago de Coatepeque for crater views and misty mornings above the clouds, then climb Santa Ana Volcano.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2026
Definition of misty
Adjective
  • Rowers pushed through a rainy and chilly start Friday morning while fans in ponchos and raincoats cheered them on.
    — Anna Meiler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That would have marked the coolest day since early May if not for the rainy, windy and cool day former Hurricane Isaias created last Saturday.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of rainy
Adjective
  • Destructive storms like Hurricane Milton in 2024, which made landfall on Florida’s west coast at Siesta Key, can destroy traps, make the water murky and otherwise cause complications for fishermen.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The evidence is murkier than the common talking point suggests.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of murky
Adjective
  • But what happened inside the house remains a complicated and clouded mystery.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Deravi’s team is focused on the Pieridae family of butterflies, which includes examples like the clouded sulfur (Colias philodice) and cabbage white (Pieris rapae).
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of clouded
Adjective
  • Don’t make big promises while your head is foggy this morning.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Inside a Cantonese restaurant with a view of the foggy San Francisco night, a place picked by my oh-so sophisticated local cousin Noreen, plates piled with orange chicken and honey walnut shrimp paraded past me on the lazy Susan in the center.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of foggy

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“Smoggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoggy. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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