fumy

Giving off fumes

Fumy describes something filled with or giving off fumes—smoky, vaporous, or hazy with gases: The fumy garage reeked of exhaust.

The word is uncommon, appearing mostly in literary or technical contexts where a more evocative alternative to "smoky" is wanted.

vaporous

smoky

Filled with combustion haze

hazy · foggy · vaporous · clouded · murky · nebulous · dim · veiled · smoggy · exhaust

pungent

acrid

Unpleasantly sharp-smelling

harsh · biting · noxious · choking · eye-watering · overpowering · penetrating · chemical · ammonia · sulfurous

smoky

woodsmoke

Combustion vapor from timber

embers · smoldering · soot · charcoal · incense · bonfire · chimney · hearth · cigarette · pipe

malodorous

stench

Powerfully offensive odor

  • reekEmit strong odor
  • fetidHaving foul odor
  • rankPosition in hierarchy

foul · putrid · noisome · offensive · nauseating · repulsive · rotten · sour · musty · reeking

Opposites
air quality/atmospheric clarity

fumyfresh

Newly made, not stale

clear · clean · pure · airy · ventilated

Phrases
Family

perfume, fumes, fuming, fume, perfumed, fumigate, fumed, perfumery, perfumer

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G