Get to know Mephitic better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like malodorous or stinky.
Mephitic in a sentence
Mephitic meaning
Foul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.
Synonyms of Mephitic
Using Mephitic
- The main meaning on this page is: Foul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.
- Useful related words include: miasmic, malodorous, malodourous, unpeasant-smelling.
Context around Mephitic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mephitic
- In this selection, "mephitic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, exuded, vapors, air and odours stand out and add context to how "mephitic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arm exuded mephitic vapors and it as mephitic air or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mephitic" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mephitic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
My arm exuded mephitic vapors. (5 words)
Nitrogen gas was inert enough that Antoine Lavoisier referred to it as "mephitic air" or azote, from the Greek word ἄζωτος main azotos, "lifeless". (24 words)
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". (30 words)
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". (30 words)
Nitrogen gas was inert enough that Antoine Lavoisier referred to it as "mephitic air" or azote, from the Greek word ἄζωτος main azotos, "lifeless". (24 words)
My arm exuded mephitic vapors. (5 words)
Example sentences (3)
My arm exuded mephitic vapors.
Nitrogen gas was inert enough that Antoine Lavoisier referred to it as "mephitic air" or azote, from the Greek word ἄζωτος main azotos, "lifeless".
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".