miasma
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.
Origin of miasma
1Other words from miasma
- mi·as·mal, mi·as·mat·ic [mahy-az-mat-ik], /ˌmaɪ æzˈmæt ɪk/, mi·as·mat·i·cal, mi·as·mic, adjective
- un·mi·as·mal, adjective
- un·mi·as·mat·ic, adjective
- un·mi·as·mat·i·cal, adjective
- un·mi·as·mic, adjective
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How to use miasma in a sentence
It’s also possible the miasmas of their lives and interests will swirl off in other directions for any number of other reasons independent of how they feel about each other.
Carolyn Hax: How to help a teenage daughter with a chaotic friend? | Carolyn Hax | August 27, 2021 | Washington PostA pandemic raced over the land, there were wildfires, uneasy political divisions, and we gasped in the miasma of social media.
Since then, a black miasma of recursive vengeance has descended upon Iraq.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe air of CGI is thick with the miasma of biz-school neologisms.
Is It Over? A 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Postmortem | Matthew DeLuca | September 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd 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.
Aids to Reflection | Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBut we rather overdid the miasma, so it was abolished by mutual consent.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonMany of the women were adding their cigarette-smoke to the haze settling over all like a gray miasma.
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughesmiasma has polluted the atmosphere so long that people do not know the feeling of untainted air.
A New Atmosphere | Gail Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for miasma
/ (mɪˈæzmə) /
an unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere
pollution in the atmosphere, esp noxious vapours from decomposing organic matter
Origin of miasma
1Derived forms of miasma
- miasmal, miasmatic (ˌmiːəzˈmætɪk), miasmatical or miasmic, adjective
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