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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stodginess |
| Type of | sombreness, graveness, gravity, sobriety, somberness, soberness |
| Derivation | stuffy |
stuffiness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | congestion |
| Derivation | stuffy |
Examples of stuffiness
stuffiness
Over-the-counter saline nasal drops and sprays combat stuffiness and congestion.
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His fun-loving parents fled the stuffiness of Pittsburgh for California sunshine.
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This shirt should tick all the boxes for buttoned-up City stuffiness but doesn't.
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There's a refined, charming air to the place, without an ounce of stuffiness.
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It would be easy for Cyrus to veer into stuffiness, but that doesn't happen.
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We pride ourselves in New Zealand on our informality and lack of stuffiness.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He was the perfect preservation against stuffiness and a lack of humanity.
From the music.uk.msn.com
Vasomotor rhinitis is a runny nose or nasal stuffiness due to a change in temperature.
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He bought himself out of country-club stuffiness by building Double Eagle.
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- State of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- The quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- Stodginess: dull and pompous gravity
- (stuffy) airless: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
- (stuffy) stodgy: excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"
- (stuffy) affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest"
- (stuffy) Stout; mettlesome; resolute; Angry and obstinate; sulky; Poorly-ventilated; close
- (Stuffy) What a brass instrument is that offers too much resistance to air flow, see Free Blowing. Excessive stuffiness in school sousaphones is usually the result of large foreign objects being placed inside.
- (Stuffy (adj)) Definition 1. describing an atmosphere that lacks the free flow of air; stagnant. May be marked by an odor, usually of unknowable origin. Implies the presence of germs. May be dangerous to the sustaining of life; uninhabitable.
