miasma

[US]/mɪ'æzmə/
[UK]/maɪ'æzmɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. haitallinen tunnelma tai vaikutus
Word Forms
Pluralmiasmas

Example Sentences

a miasma of despair rose from the black workshops.

epätoivon synkkä aura nousi mustista työpajoista.

wreathed in a miasma of cigarette smoke.

savukkeen savun peittämä.

a miasma of stale alcohol hung around him like marsh gas.

tahranneen alkoholin tunkkainen haju leijui hänen ympärillään kuin suokaasua.

The miasma of pollution hung heavy in the air.

Saasteen synkkä aura leijui ilmassa.

The ancient swamp was filled with a thick miasma of decay.

Muinaisen suon täytti paksu hajoamisen aura.

The miasma of fear spread through the village as rumors of a ghost circulated.

Pelon aura levisi kylään huhujen kiertäessä yliluonnollisesta.

The miasma of mistrust between the two countries made negotiations difficult.

Epäluottamuksen aura kahden maan välillä vaikeutti neuvotteluja.

She felt suffocated by the miasma of negativity surrounding her.

Hän tunsi tukahdutettavaksi negatiivisen ilmapiirin ympärillään.

The miasma of illness seemed to permeate the hospital wards.

Sairauden aura vaikutti läpäisevän sairaalasaleja.

The miasma of corruption tainted the reputation of the once-respected politician.

Korruption aura tahri entisen arvostetun poliitikon maineen.

The miasma of despair hung over the war-torn city.

Epätoivon aura leijui sodan runtelemalla kaupungilla.

The miasma of hatred between the rival gangs led to violent clashes.

Vihaa sisältävän ilmapiirin välinen viha kilpailevien jengien välillä johti väkivaltaisiin yhteenottoihin.

The miasma of uncertainty clouded their decision-making process.

Epävarmuuden aura hämärsi heidän päätöksentekoprosessiaan.

Real-world Examples

Wherever you look, covid-19 throws up a miasma of such trade-offs.

Source: Soren course audio

It was everything that miasma believers feared.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

By the time Florence Nightingale came along, miasma wasn't the only theory in town.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

But miasma was still the theory British politicians and army medical brass believed.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

In the mid-19th Century, if you got sick, there was only one explanation: miasma.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

One of the oldest and most commonly held beliefs about the spread of disease was a practice known as “miasma theory.”

Source: The story of origin

You have surrounded this house with a miasma of scandal and touched all of us by association.

Source: Downton Abbey Season 3

This recipe was inspired by the famed 2nd century Greco-Roman physician Galen, and was thought to ward off poisoned air known as miasma.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

They consulted the works of earlier physicians for guidance, did what they could to fend off miasma, and prescribed a variety of concoctions and antidotes.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

As one observer at the time wrote, the intention was to kill off those inside, because the " intolerable stench" of the corpses' miasma would spread the disease into the air and water.

Source: Crash Course: The Science of Pandemics

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