stuffiness

/'stʌfinis/

Thân thiện

The room's stuffiness made it hard to concentrate.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality of being close, stale, and poorly ventilated: The state of lacking fresh air, often causing a feeling of being unable to breathe easily.
   • Dull and pompous gravity; stodginess: A manner or atmosphere that is overly formal, conservative, boring, and lacking in liveliness or humor.
   • A state of obstruction in the nose or throat: The physical sensation of nasal congestion, often due to a cold or allergies.

Usage Examples

• Referring to poor air quality:
  • The stuffiness of the crowded lecture hall made it difficult to concentrate.
  • She opened a window to relieve the stuffiness in the room.
• Referring to a dull, formal manner:
  • The stuffiness of the old-fashioned club was off-putting to the younger members.
  • He criticized the stuffiness of the academic conference, wishing for more dynamic discussions.
• Referring to nasal congestion:
  • The cold caused a terrible stuffiness, making it hard to breathe through his nose.
  • This medication helps to clear nasal stuffiness.

Advanced Usage

• "to clear the stuffiness": To improve air circulation or relieve nasal congestion.
  • A good air purifier can help clear the stuffiness from a damp basement.
• "an air of stuffiness": A pervasive atmosphere of formality and boredom.
  • Despite its modern art, the gallery retained an air of stuffiness.

Variants and Related Words

• Stuffy (adj):
  • (Of a room) lacking fresh air; close.

    • a stuffy attic
  • Dull, conventional, and pompous.

    • a stuffy professor
  • (Of the nose) blocked.

    • a stuffy nose
• Stodginess (n): A close synonym for the formal/boring sense of stuffiness.

Synonyms

• For poor ventilation: Closeness, staleness, fustiness, mugginess.
• For dull formality: Pomposity, stodginess, dullness, conventionality.
• For nasal obstruction: Congestion, blockage, nasality.

Antonyms

• For poor ventilation: Freshness, airiness, ventilation.
• For dull formality: Liveliness, informality, dynamism.
• For nasal obstruction: Clearness, openness.

Học thuật

Noun

1. dull and pompous gravity
2. the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
3. state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stodginess
• closeness