Antonyms for miasma

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mahy-az-muh, mee-

Phonetic Transcription : maɪˈæz mə, mi-

Definition of miasma

Origin : 1660s, from Modern Latin miasma "noxious vapors," from Greek miasma (genitive miasmatos) "stain, pollution, defilement, taint of guilt," from stem of miainein "to pollute," from possible PIE root *mai- "to stain, soil, defile" (cf. Old English mal "stain, mark," see mole (n.1)). Earlier form was miasm (1640s), from French miasme. Related: Miasmatic; miasmal.

noun effluvium

Example sentences :

In the age of monarchy the king lived surrounded by a miasma of intrigue.
Extract from : « Creative Unity » by Rabindranath Tagore

And there is no cramp in my heart, no miasma clinging to my senses.
Extract from : « Tatterdemalion » by John Galsworthy

Otherwise we run the danger of suffocation from the miasma of vulgarity.
Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov

It was as if Black Dan had dissolved into a miasma, and floated off.
Extract from : « Jim » by Charles G. D. Roberts

It has, it is true, absorbed thousands of elements of miasma and filthiness!
Extract from : « Travels in Central Asia » by Arminius Vmbry

My windows look into the pool and draw all the miasma out of it.
Extract from : « Hester, Volume 1 (of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant

But, nevertheless, I am not so overcome by the miasma but what I can tell you how truly I love you.
Extract from : « The Small House at Allington » by Anthony Trollope

I had to when you accused me of being like our friend the Miasma.
Extract from : « The Man Upstairs » by P. G. Wodehouse

Can these evil doctrines be in the air, like a miasma or an epidemic?
Extract from : « Pepita Ximenez » by Juan Valera

Never in this world nor in the next, you miserable handful of miasma!
Extract from : « Over the Plum Pudding » by John Kendrick Bangs

Synonyms for miasma

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