Stuffiness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or property of being stuffy, close, or musty: as, the stuffiness of a room.
  • noun. The condition of being stuffed, or stuffed up, as by a cold.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality of being stuffy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or quality of being angry and obstinate.
  • noun. The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close.
  • noun. The result or product of being stuffy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. dull and pompous gravity
  • noun. state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
  • noun. the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
  • Word Usage
    "Wooden Shoon, 'as an appropriate introduction to a tragedy the scene of which was laid in Nineveh; the house seemed fairly full, and the air was heavy with that peculiar smell, a sort of doubtfully aromatic stuffiness, which is so grateful to the nostrils of playgoers."
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