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)