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- Dictionarymiasmic/mɪˈazmɪk/
adjective
- 1. producing an unpleasant smell; noxious: literary "that peculiarly miasmic atmosphere generated by small boys and adolescent teenagers"
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Miasma is a noun that can mean a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease, or an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt. Learn more about its etymology, usage, and related words.
Miasmic means a noxious atmosphere or influence, or a foul-smelling vapor arising from rotting organic matter. Find the origin, translations, and examples of miasmic and related words.
Definitions of miasmic. adjective. filled with vapor. “ miasmic jungles”. synonyms: miasmal, vaporous, vapourous. cloudy. full of or covered with clouds. adjective. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution.
Miasma is a literary word for an unpleasant fog or a bad feeling. Learn how to use it in sentences and see synonyms and translations.
Miasmic means as in miasmatic, which means foul-smelling or unhealthy. Find 45 similar and opposite words for miasmic, such as miasmal, slimy, turbid, and clear, limpid, cloudless, etc.
Miasma is a literary term for an unpleasant fog or a bad feeling. Learn how to use it in sentences and find out its synonyms and translations in different languages.
Other forms: miasmata; miasmas. A miasma is a cloud of foul-smelling vapor, like swamp gas. You could have a miasma of sweat that lingers in a locker room long after a soccer team has left, or a miasma of rumor swirling around a politician. As you've probably figured out, miasma is always negative.
