'Made one quite thankful to get back to the fug, though as a rule I think the way these trains are overheated is something scandalous'.
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Fug
//fʌɡ//
Synonyms for "fug"
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Translations
10 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- задух noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
Czech
1 entries- dusno noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩახუთულობა noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
German
1 entries- Muff noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
Irish
1 entries- plúchadh noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
Macedonian
1 entries- за́дув noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
Russian
2 entries- духота́ noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
- спёртый воздух noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
Ukrainian
2 entries- духота noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
- задуха noun (A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area)
Sample sentences
37 total sentences available.
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.
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The gym teacher left that year, his successors had no interest in boxing, and society soon passed into a zone where the idea of thirteen-year-old boys punching each other's faces for educational purposes became as unthinkable as the dense fug of tobacco smoke in our school's staff room.
Source: wiktionary
The misty fug his breath had left on the window sparkled in the orange glare of the streetlamp outside.
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