miasmas
n. 瘴氣( miasma的名詞複數 ); 煙霧瀰漫的空氣; 不良氣氛或影響
You can describe something bad or confused that seems to be in the air all around you as a miasma .
As time went on, his ambition to be part of the US Supreme Court faded in a miasma of alcohol and despair.
隨著時間的推移,他躋身美國最高法院的雄心壯志在瀰漫著酒精和絕望氣息的烏煙瘴氣中消失殆盡。