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miasma

noun

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An unpleasant or oppressive atmosphere, sometimes imagined as a vapor.

A miasma of suspicion hung over the meeting.
Dictionary practice example.
The stagnant canal contributed a miasma to the narrow street.
From Vocabulary Studio 42: Maxim to misanthrope.
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