Miasmic

//maɪˈæzmɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Filled with miasma; containing noxious vapors.

    "Will thought of the shadowy miasmic forest they would all soon move into, a way of living that was an inversion of all their values."

  2. 2
    Composed of or resembling vapors.

    "Such experiences were unlike dreams, or any of the miasmic apparitions that arise in the natural psyche, below the mind."

Adjective
  1. 1
    filled with vapor wordnet
  2. 2
    of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
mephiticabhorrentabominableaerialaerodynamicaerostatic

Example

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"Will thought of the shadowy miasmic forest they would all soon move into, a way of living that was an inversion of all their values."

Etymology

From miasma + -ic.

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