miasmanoun [ C ]
uk/miˈæz.mə/us/miˈæz.mə/literarymiasma noun [ C ] (FOG)
an unpleasant fog that smells bad:
A miasma of pollution hung in the air above Mexico City.
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Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
- altocumulus
- billow
- cloud-capped
- cloudy
- condensation
- cumulonimbus
- dewdrop
- fog
- fog up
- hazy
- pea soup
- smog
- steam
- steamy
- storm cloud
- stratocumulus
- thundercloud
- vapour trail
- visibility
- whiteout
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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.
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- eventuality
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- rum
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- vortex
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