miasmatic
Thick with vapors
Miasmatic means relating to or caused by miasma—noxious vapors once believed to rise from rotting matter and cause disease.
Before germ theory, people attributed illnesses like cholera and malaria to miasmatic air from swamps or decomposing material.
The word now appears mainly in historical contexts or figuratively to describe an atmosphere of corruption or contamination: a miasmatic fog of scandal hung over the administration.
Obscured by vapor
- murkyDark and unclear
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
- mistyObscured by vapor
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
effluvium · exhalation · emanation · swampy · humid · damp · clammy · sultry
foggy
Obscured by vapor
haze · effluvium · exhalation · emanation · swampy · humid · damp · clammy · sultry · stifling
tainted
Contaminated, made impure
impure · contaminated · sullied · spoiled · poisonous · toxic · venomous · noxious · virulent · pestilential
contagion
Disease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
fever · malaria · cholera · pestilence · sickness · illness · malaise · affliction · ailment · debility
miasmaticfresh
Newly made, not stale
pure · clean · wholesome · unpolluted · salubrious
miasmaticinvigorating
Imparting fresh energy
bracing · crisp · refreshing · airy · breezy