smoggy

See also: Smoggy

English

Etymology

From smog +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡi

Adjective

smoggy (comparative smoggier, superlative smoggiest)

1. Having smog.

   It was another smoggy day in Los Angeles.

   • 1999 September 5, Barbara Whitaker, “Los Angeles Loses Dubious Distinction: Worst Summer Smog Day”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     In Los Angeles, that means relatively cool with few temperature inversions that trap the gases that help make the region the smoggiest in the country.

   • 2007, W. Schmitz, The Violet Catastrophe, →ISBN, pages 33–34:

     She was all right. The abuse she was suffering wouldn't hurt her. The bright sun would forget all about it. The smoggy sky would turn brown studies to gold. (What crap.)

   • 2023 January 5, Michael M. Grynbaum, “Is New York Turning Into Los Angeles?”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Even the clearest distinction between the two cities — climate — has been smoggier of late.

Translations

having smog

• Finnish: savusumuinen