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miasma noun [C] (UNPLEASANT FEELING) a very unpleasant general feeling or character of a situation or place: After he lost his job, he sank into a miasma of poverty and despair. SMART Vocabulary: słowa i zwroty pokrewne. Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences. a hard/tough row to hoe idiom.
1. : a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease. also : a heavy vaporous emanation (see emanation sense 2) or atmosphere. a miasma of tobacco smoke. 2. : an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt. freed from the miasma of poverty Sir Arthur Bryant.
Definition of miasma in the English dictionary. The definition of miasma in the dictionary is an unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere. Other definition of miasma is pollution in the atmosphere, esp noxious vapours from decomposing organic matter.
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.
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a very unpleasant general feeling or character of a situation or place: After he lost his job, he sank into a miasma of poverty and despair. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences. a hard/tough row to hoe idiom.
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