Synonyms for stuffiness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : stuhf-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstʌf i |
Top 10 synonyms for stuffiness
Définition of stuffiness
Origin :- "poorly ventilated," 1831, from stuff (n.) + -y (2). Sense of "pompous, smug" is from 1895. Related: Stuffily; stuffiness.
- As in conceit : noun egotism
- We stayed long after both of us had begun to notice the stuffiness of the air.
- Extract from : « The Worlds of If » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
- There was the stuffiness of yesterday's day indoors to be shaken off.
- Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
- Yet there is, of course, a difference between warmth and stuffiness.
- Extract from : « The Art and Practice of Hawking » by Edward B. Michell
- His exertions and the stuffiness of the room had made him hot; he was parched with thirst.
- Extract from : « Barclay of the Guides » by Herbert Strang
- I feel the stuffiness of it even more since our visit at Bracken.
- Extract from : « At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins » by Nell Speed
- After the stuffiness of my cabin, however, the pure air was vastly refreshing.
- Extract from : « A Cabinet Secret » by Guy Boothby
- There was to be no heartsick shame, no stuffiness in my life any more forever!
- Extract from : « The Book of Susan » by Lee Wilson Dodd
- Stuffiness, stuffiness everywhere—it leads to nothing but stuffiness!
- Extract from : « The Book of Susan » by Lee Wilson Dodd
- Wafts of the outer air began to freshen the stuffiness of the little room.
- Extract from : « The Path of the King » by John Buchan
- We scarcely notice it, as a person in a stuffy chamber will scarcely notice the stuffiness.
- Extract from : « The Human Machine » by E. Arnold Bennett
Antonyms for stuffiness
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