Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stuffiness

3 senses of stuffiness

Sense 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)

Sense 2
stuffiness, closeness -- (the quality of being close and poorly ventilated)
       => quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare)

Sense 3
stodginess, stuffiness -- (dull and pompous gravity)
       => graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness -- (a manner that is serious and solemn)

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