ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Smudgy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Smudgy is an adjective meaning Marked with smudges.

Meaning

Marked with smudges.

More Meanings

  1. Like a thick smoke (such as is emitted by a smudge pot); thick and smoky or smokelike.
  2. Rainy or drizzly.
  3. Hot and humid or stuffy; sweltering.

Example Sentences

[…] and the smudgy heat cast from the cavernous fireplace.
blawing weather[:] Hot close smudgy weather when flies 'blow' or 'strike' sheep very much
"Smudgy day," she said. Allmen didn't understand. "It's raining from north, south, east, and west," she said. "Aha. And that's known as smudgy?" "By me it is."
[…] under overcast skies. "It's a smudgy day," Alex observes. Indeed, a light drizzle falls from clouds that look as though they've been rubbed out with a fat eraser.

Word Forms

Synonyms for smudgy

Depending on context, synonyms include dirty, soiled, smeared, smudged, unclean, smirched.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soiled, unclean, dirty, smeared, smirched, beblotched.

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