smoggy
/ˈsmɒ.ɡi/adjective
smoggy is an adjective meaning “Having smog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-M-O-G-G-Y and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does smoggy mean?
adjective
- 1
Having smog.
It was another smoggy day in Los Angeles.
noun
- 1
derogatoryA person from Middlesbrough.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce smoggy?
- /ˈsmɒ.ɡi/
Smoggy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-smoggy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of smoggy
- smoggier comparative
- smoggiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is smoggy?
Smoggy appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does smoggy come from?
From smog + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).