airless

/'eəlis/

Thân thiện

The attic felt hot and airless on the summer afternoon.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking fresh air; stuffy: Describes an environment or space that has little or no fresh air circulation, often feeling oppressive, close, or uncomfortable.
   • Still; without wind: Describes atmospheric conditions where there is no movement of air, often contributing to a sense of heaviness.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The basement was dark and airless, making it difficult to breathe.
  • After the storm passed, the morning was hot and airless.
  • They opened the windows to ventilate the airless room.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can describe an atmosphere that is emotionally or intellectually stifling.
  • The meeting was held in an airless atmosphere of strict formality.

Variants and Related Words

• Airlessness (noun): The state or quality of being airless.
  • The airlessness of the sealed chamber was dangerous.

Synonyms

• Stuffy: (of a place) lacking fresh air, often unpleasantly warm.
• Close: (of the atmosphere) humid and lacking fresh air.
• Stifling: So hot or oppressive as to make breathing difficult.
• Suffocating: Causing difficulty in breathing; extremely oppressive.

Antonyms

• Airy: With plenty of fresh air moving through it.
• Ventilated: Provided with fresh air.
• Breezy: Pleasantly windy.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lacking fresh air
   • a dusty airless attic
   • the dreadfully close atmosphere
   • hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke

Từ đồng nghĩa

• close
• stuffy
• unaired