Meaning Of The Word Miasma

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miasma
variable noun: You can describe something bad or confused that seems to be in the air all around you as a miasma.

miasma in American English
a vapor rising as from marshes or decomposing animal or vegetable matter, formerly supposed to poison and infect the air, causing malaria, etc.
noun: noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere

miasma in British English
noun: an unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere

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