miasmas

Meaning of miasmas

plural noun
  1. an unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour.
    a miasma of stale alcohol hung around him

mid 17th century: from Greek, literally ‘defilement’, from miainein ‘pollute’.

Information about miasmas

Hyphenation of miasmas

mi-as-mas

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • miasmas is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

miasmas synonyms

Meaning a strong unpleasant smell; a stench:

stink

Meaning a foul smell:

reek

Meaning a strong and very unpleasant smell:

stench

Meaning an unpleasant odour:

smell

Meaning a strong, unpleasant smell:

pong

Meaning an unpleasant smell:

niff, whiff

Meaning foolish talk or ideas:

guff

Words that rhyme with miasmas

chiasmas, chloasmas, mycoplasmas, plasmas, toxoplasmas, xanthelasmas, plasmodesmas, alismas, cathismas, charismas, hypocorismas, melismas, schismas, Johnsmas, coprosmas, acousmas, rusmas, platysmas

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