mephitic

Speech parts

1. mephitic - Adjective

2. mephitic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Mephitical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

miasmic strong rotten rancid odorous rank offensive foul infectious poisonous awful nasty objectionable repulsive contagious
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Antonyms

beautiful attractive appealing harmless benign benevolent
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Related terms

mephitis

Examples

Reviewers immediately criticised the novel's decadence and homosexual allusions; The Daily Chronicle for example, called it "unclean", "poisonous", and "heavy with the mephitic odours of moral and spiritual putrefaction". Source: Internet

Nitrogen gas was inert enough that Antoine Lavoisier referred to it as "mephitic air" or azote, from the Greek word ἄζωτος main azotos, "lifeless". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mephistophelian Mephistophelic Mephistophelism mephitic acid mephitic air mephitic toad