mephitis

incontável

A noun referring to a poisonous or foul-smelling gas emitted from the earth, or any distinctive, offensively unpleasant odor.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um gás venenoso ou fétido exalado da terra, ou qualquer odor característico, repugnante e desagradável.

1. Poisonous gas from the earth C2 formal scientific

   A noxious or foul-smelling gas emitted from the ground, often from volcanic or decaying organic matter.

   • The ancient Romans believed mephitis caused disease.
   • A strong mephitis rose from the swamp at dawn.
   • The cave was filled with a dangerous mephitis.

   🇵🇹Gás venenoso da terra

   Sinônimos: effluviummiasma

2. Offensive odor C2 formal

   A very unpleasant and distinctive smell.

   • A mephitis of rotting garbage filled the alley.
   • The room had a mephitis that made everyone leave.
   • He could not stand the mephitis of the old basement.

   🇵🇹Fedor

   Sinônimos: fetorfoulnessmalodornoisomenessreekstenchstink

   Antônimos: aromabouquetfragranceperfumescent

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• mephitis's possessive singular form