stuffiness

stuff·y  (stf)

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 standards of conduct; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" (Evelyn Waugh).

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stuffi·ly adv.

stuffi·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stuffiness - state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat congestion - excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
	2.	stuffiness - the quality of being close and poorly ventilated closeness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
	3.	stuffiness - dull and pompous gravity stodginess graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn

Translations

stuffiness [ˈstʌfɪnɪs] N

1. (in room) → mala ventilación f, falta f de aire

2. (fig) (= narrow-mindedness) → estrechez f de miras, remilgos mpl; (= starchiness) → lo estirado; (= prudishness) → remilgos mpl; (= dullness) → pesadez f

stuffiness

n

(of room, atmosphere) → Stickigkeit f, → Dumpfheit f

(of person, = narrow-mindedness) → Spießigkeit f; (= prudishness) → Prüderie f, → Zimperlichkeit f

stuffiness [ˈstʌfɪnɪs] n

a. (in room) → odore m di chiuso

b. (of person) → ristrettezza di idee; (of ideas) → arretratezza

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stuffiness [ˈstʌfɪnɪs] n

a. (in room) → odore m di chiuso

b. (of person) → ristrettezza di idee; (of ideas) → arretratezza