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Stuffiness

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Noun

1. stuffiness

state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat

2. closeness, stuffiness

the quality of being close and poorly ventilated

3. stodginess, stuffiness

dull and pompous gravity

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stuffiness

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adjectiveWord forms: stuffier or stuffiest
1. 
lacking fresh air
2. 
excessively dull, staid, or conventional
3. 
(of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus

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Stuffiness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈstuffier or ˈstuffiest
1. 
a. 
poorly ventilated; having little fresh air; close
b. 
stale or oppressive
the stuffy air
2. 
having the nasal passages stopped up, as from a cold
3.  Informal
a. 
dull or stodgy; not interesting or stimulating
b. 
conservative, conventional, old-fashioned, etc.
c. 
prim; strait-laced
d. 
pompous; pretentious

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stuffiness

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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).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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