mephitic

1. 1.

   of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

   Synonymsmiasmic

   Similarmalodorous

Questions about mephitic

What does mephitic mean?

mephitic means "of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution".

How many syllables are in mephitic?

mephitic has 3 syllables: me-phi-tic. The stress falls on "phi".

What is another word for mephitic?

Close synonyms include miasmic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mephitic a common word?

mephitic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.