stuffiness

Definition of stuffiness in English English dictionary: The result or product of being stuffy; The state or quality of being angry and obstinate; The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close; The quality of being stuffy; The property of being stuffy; {i} quality of being dull and boring; stodginess; lack of sufficient ventilation; dull and pompous gravity
stuffy: {s} airless, lacking ventilation; having the respiratory passages blocked; stodgy, conservative, old-fashioned; pompous; dull; irritated, sulky
stuffy: disapproval Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old-fashioned. Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas? a firm of lawyers in Lincoln's Inn, immensely stuffy and respectable
stuffy: Ill-ventilated; close
stuffy: Poorly-ventilated; close
stuffy: Angry and obstinate; sulky
stuffy: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
stuffy: Stout; mettlesome; resolute
stuffy: If it is stuffy in a place, it is unpleasantly warm and there is not enough fresh air. It was hot and stuffy in the classroom
stuffy: 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"

stuffiness

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stuf·fi·ness

() From stuffy +‎ -ness

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