fuggy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuggy
Adjective
  • The late Tom Wolfe, rubbing his hands with glee and spilling lemonade on his white suit, would be delighted that tradition has now taken its revenge on stuffy Bauhaus Europeanism, and maybe rightly so.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Armani, who had already introduced unstructured jackets for men and women, was part of the generation of designers who ushered in a less formal fashion era, one that would allow men and women to look refined without looking stuffy.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The first few minutes of the film are a breathless, almost wordless introduction to the Otherlands, with Scarlet trapped under rotting hands clamoring to keep her there.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There have been no breathless interviews about wedding plans or a tour hiatus.
    Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The suffocating Benz pushed the lifelong asthmatic to the edge.
    Sam Bloch August 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • And with the team operating under the suffocating grip of new CBA, every dollar must work overtime.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Related Stories Farrelly thinks that kind of oppressive political correctness is fading and that audiences are eager to see movies that eviscerate good taste in order to land a joke again.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Pitted against the unforgettably evil Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a sadist who drugs and abuses the unlucky patients in her care, McMurphy’s stand against the oppressive powers that be is tragic and poignant and spoke to the spirit of a time in which so many felt misunderstood.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Fuggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuggy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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