Miasma

Kannada Meaning

ಸೋಂಕಿನ ಹಬೆ ಯಾ ದುರ್ಗಂಧ

English Meaning

  1. A noxious atmosphere or influence: "The family affection, the family expectations, seemed to permeate the atmosphere . . . like a coiling miasma” ( Louis Auchincloss).
  2. A poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and cause disease.
  3. A thick vaporous atmosphere or emanation: wreathed in a miasma of cigarette smoke.