miasma
noun
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
miasmic
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a word derived from
miasma.
Example Sentences
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Heavy with sinister 1980s electropop — the perfect underlay to his vivid miasmic imagery — it’s also the Weeknd’s most jaded record.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2020
A similar anxiety unsettles Mr. Van Sant’s paintings, although their unthreatening pastel palette and miasmic drifts of gentle brush strokes leave you wondering what, here, really, is not to like?
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2019
And the country’s air pollution — a miasmic haze that sweeps across huge swaths of the country at least every few weeks — proved to be a remarkable catalyst.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2017
What finally emerges from cosmic horror’s miasmic evolution over the course of the 20th century is a literary concept that is equal parts genre and philosophy, cerebral and primordial.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2013
Drusus liked the prospect of a halt on these swampy, miasmic fields little enough, But again the proconsul was all resources.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
