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miasma
[ mahy-az-muh, mee- ]
noun
- noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.
miasma
/ mɪˈæzmə; ˌmiːəzˈmætɪk /
noun
- an unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere
- pollution in the atmosphere, esp noxious vapours from decomposing organic matter
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Derived Forms
- miˈasmal, adjective
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Other Words From
- mi·asmal mi·as·mat·ic [mahy-az-, mat, -ik], mias·mati·cal mi·asmic adjective
- unmi·asmal adjective
- unmi·as·matic adjective
- unmi·as·mati·cal adjective
- unmi·asmic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of miasma1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of miasma1
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Example Sentences
Since then, a black miasma of recursive vengeance has descended upon Iraq.
The air of CGI is thick with the miasma of biz-school neologisms.
And I wonder if what we are looking at with the “fly by” of Minneapolis might not be a form of miasma—called boredom.
Tories will wax eloquent on "the pink miasma of revolutionary Radicalism."
The pollution (miasma) of sin is precipitated by his blood, the power of sin is conquered by his Spirit.
But we rather overdid the miasma, so it was abolished by mutual consent.
Many of the women were adding their cigarette-smoke to the haze settling over all like a gray miasma.
Miasma has polluted the atmosphere so long that people do not know the feeling of untainted air.
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