STARCHINESS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

starchiness

noun

Definition of starchiness

as in priggishness

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Recent Examples of starchiness Its faintly sweet starchiness is perfect for stirring into pastas and soups. — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The polo top denotes a sense of put-togetherness, with any sense of stuffiness softened when styled with feminine skirts or toughened up with denim and leather.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 July 2026
That leaves us with smart solutions and savvy helpers that are specifically designed to minimize the heat, remove stuffiness, and provide soothing, cooling relief.

— Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 29 June 2026

Definition of stuffiness

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Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
The show has too many blandly interchangeable characters, too much grimness, too much repetition (and not just of Targaryen first names) and too much thumb-twiddling.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026

Definition of grimness

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The existence of these precedents—many of which, not incidentally, involve imperial ambition or climate change—is taken as a credential of their seriousness.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Her lawyers argue that the judge wrongly assessed the effect of the posts, underestimated the seriousness of the meanings conveyed and erred in accepting Wilson’s substantial-truth defense.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2026

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