# smudgy

> English word · Adjective

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

## Etymology
From smudge (“blemish; dense smoke; to obscure by smearing; to stifle”) + -y. (The sense "rainy" is related to dialectal use of smudge to mean drizzling rain.)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/smudgy