miasmatic.

Resembling a foul or supposedly unhealthy vapor or atmosphere.

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• miasmatic air

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Miasmatic air filled the cellar.

They fled the miasmatic chamber.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative more miasmatic; superlative most miasmatic where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.