miasmic
Thick with stench
Miasmic describes something resembling or producing a miasma—a noxious atmosphere or influence.
The word evokes thick, unhealthy air rising from swamps or decay: a miasmic fog hung over the marsh.
Figuratively, it suggests a pervasive, corrupting presence: the miasmic influence of unchecked greed.
Also spelled miasmatic or miasmal.
Powerfully offensive odor
- reekEmit strong odor
- fetorIntense, offensive odor
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
- foulOffensive or illegal
rank · fetid · noisome · noxious · acrid · sulfurous · rotting · decaying
Grassy waterlogged lowland
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- fenLow marshy ground
- bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
quagmire · stagnant · brackish · waterlogged · swamp · mire · slough · mangrove
Causing deadly disease
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
virulent · pathogenic · infectious · fever · cholera · malaria · sickness · unhealthy
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- fumesAirborne chemical irritants
- emissionsSubstances released into air
industrial · chemical · particulates · exhaust · discharge · waste · sewage · effluent
Organic breakdown process
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
- putrescenceState of decomposing
carrion · spoilage · rancid · moldering · necrotic · gangrene · corruption · decaying
stench
Powerfully offensive odor
foul · rank · fetid · noisome · noxious · acrid · sulfurous · rotting · decaying · fumes
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
wetlands · quagmire · stagnant · brackish · waterlogged · swamp · mire · slough · mangrove · dank
pestilential
Causing deadly disease
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
epidemic · virulent · pathogenic · infectious · fever · cholera · malaria · sickness · unhealthy · insalubrious
smog
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- fumesAirborne chemical irritants
emissions · industrial · chemical · particulates · exhaust · discharge · waste · sewage · effluent · spill
rot
Organic breakdown process
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
putrescence · carrion · spoilage · rancid · moldering · necrotic · gangrene · corruption · decaying · rotting
vaporous
Like a gas, diffuse
murky · nebulous · cloudy · ethereal · gaseous · aerial · airy · shrouded · veiled · dim
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
haunting · spectral · ghostly · phantasmal · shadowy · wraithlike · dread · gloom · creeping · lurking