stuffiness


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stuff·y

 (stŭf′ē)
adj. stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est
1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.
3.
a. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.
b. Rigidly adhering to conventional standards; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" (Evelyn Waugh).
stuff′i·ly adv.
stuff′i·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.stuffiness - state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
congestion - excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
2.stuffiness - the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
closeness
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
3.stuffiness - dull and pompous gravity
stodginess
graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn
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Translations
إخْتِناق الجَو في الغُرْفَه
špatný vzduch
indelukkethedsnerpethed
dohosság
loftleysi
zlý vzduch
havasızlık

stuffiness

[ˈstʌfɪnɪs] N
1. (in room) → mala ventilación f, falta f de aire
2. (fig) (= narrow-mindedness) → estrechez f de miras, remilgos mpl; (= starchiness) → lo estirado; (= prudishness) → remilgos mpl; (= dullness) → pesadez f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stuffiness

n
(of room, atmosphere) → Stickigkeit f, → Dumpfheit f
(of person, = narrow-mindedness) → Spießigkeit f; (= prudishness) → Prüderie f, → Zimperlichkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stuffiness

[ˈstʌfɪnɪs] n
a. (in room) → odore m di chiuso
b. (of person) → ristrettezza di idee; (of ideas) → arretratezza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stuffy

(ˈstafi) adjective
1. (of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air. Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?
2. formal and dull. Must we visit those stuffy people?
ˈstuffily adverb
ˈstuffiness noun
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