English to Afrikaans Meaning of miasma - miasma

Miasma :

miasma

noun

Miasma :: miasmaMiasmas :: miasmas

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Definitions of miasma in English

Noun(1) an unwholesome atmosphere(2) unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources

Examples of miasma in English

(1) The world kept breaking up into a miasma of red dots and smeared vision.(2) All of them sensed the palpable miasma of evil which clung to its tunnels, though some were more sensitive to it than others.(3) Each new smell cue would simply add to the miasma of conflicting odours, and people were often seen fleeing the theatre, holding their noses.(4) Karten and Keith emerged through the balcony door, just behind him, along with a miasma of strong Sullaneen tobacco.(5) Closer, and I caught the sharp smell hanging over the general miasma : the stink of fresh urine.(6) Instead it appeared, at least to some Americans, as if the promise of the United Nations had collapsed in a miasma of bureaucratic inertia and rhetorical posturing.(7) They exploit the exigencies of war to sound like clergymen, seizing religious language to veil partisan public policies in a miasma of ersatz godliness.(8) Although the effectiveness of his campaign remains to be seen, it has shone like a beacon of virtue through the miasma of greed that characterizes corrupt politicians and state officials.(9) The retail plant industry is too large and lucrative to allow us plantspeople to languish in a miasma of monochrome, although of course it is perfectly possible to have a simply wonderful garden just by using all-green plants.(10) a miasma of despair rose from the black workshops(11) The Indian issue, Jenkins writes, led him into ├ö├ç├┐a miasma of impotent isolation.├ö├ç├û(12) As I sank into a miasma of guilt, I began to wrestle with the question: Why?(13) a miasma of stale alcohol hung around him(14) Inside the doors of the Special Division building they were marched straight down a flight of stairs into a miasma of human misery.(15) a miasma of stale alcohol hung around him like marsh gas(16) The trouble is, the whole issue is shrouded in a miasma of mistrust.

Synonyms

Noun

1. stink ::

stink

2. reek ::

ruik

3. stench ::

stank

4. fetor ::

fetor

5. smell ::

reuk

6. fume ::

rook

7. odor ::

reuk

8. whiff ::

whiff

10. cloud ::

wolk

11. smog ::

rookmis

12. vapor ::

damp

Different Forms

miasma, miasmas

Word Example from TV Shows

...so I could escape this MIASMA of guilt.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 7

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