Adjective: mephitic mu'fi-tik
- Foul-smelling and noxious, especially of gases or vapours
"The mephitic air near the factory was hard to breathe";
- miasmic
- Morally offensive or corrupt
"the mephitic atmosphere of political scandal"
See also: ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], minging [Brit, informal], niffy [Brit, informal], pongy [Brit, informal], stinky [informal], unpleasant-smelling, whiffy [Brit, informal]
Encyclopedia: Mephitic