as in dampness
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Recent Examples of stuffiness
Perfect for a day at the office, the style offers all the dressiness of leather loafers with none of the stuffiness.
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Amina Ayoud, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025
Many equate an omakase restaurant with stuffiness and outrageous prices.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
Amina Ayoud, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025
Many equate an omakase restaurant with stuffiness and outrageous prices.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuffiness
Noun
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The dampness of their skin draws a burring frenzy of sandflies and they are driven from the reservoir’s edge, Tamsin swatting her sunhat in wide arcs to fend them off.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Poor to moderate overnight humidity recovery can be expected.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The humidity level hovered at 17%.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Tropical soup What’s happening both in and over nearby oceans is to blame for this summer’s excessive mugginess.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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In much of the East, the mugginess kept rising to near tropical levels for a few humid hours.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Infused with amino peptides to firm and smooth the skin, niacinamide to nourish the skin barrier, and hyaluronic acid for a plumping touch, Olay’s lifting cream offers moisture with an extra dose of rejuvenating benefits.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
4 Sep. 2025
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Electronics The problem with cleaning electronics with an all-purpose cleaner largely comes down to moisture.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Split open at the seam and tender female feet urged in to keep the damp and mud at bay; slippers of a sort.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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Invigorated by the damp, fungi living quietly in the soil sprout fruiting bodies.—
Rachel Bujalski Veronique Greenwood,
New York Times,
11 June 2024
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And my sources at Google shrug off Microsoft’s attempts, given the stickiness of their product.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Use It To Help Flatten Chicken Breasts Before pounding any meat to create cutlets, use wax paper in between it and your mallet to help avoid any unwanted stickiness and keep it in place.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Stuffiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuffiness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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