| Library / English Dictionary |
MIASMA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Irregular inflected form: miasmata
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
Example:
a miasma of cigar smoke
Synonyms:
miasm; miasma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("miasma" is a kind of...):
air pollution (pollution of the atmosphere)
Derivation:
miasmal; miasmic (filled with vapor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An unwholesome atmosphere
Example:
the novel spun a miasma of death and decay
Synonyms:
miasm; miasma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("miasma" is a kind of...):
ambiance; ambience; atmosphere (a particular environment or surrounding influence)
Derivation:
miasmic (of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution)
