airlessness
5.8
A lack of fresh air in a place that makes it hard to breathe
- noun
- /ˈɛrˌləsnəs/
:
falta de aire
- In the airlessness of the elevator, we all held our breaths, waiting for it to move again.
Examples
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Stifled in that airlessness, you can't see lips moving, or eyes, or the rest of it.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the stale airlessness of the little beer joint, Robert Wayne could make the world seem rotten and smell bad while Claude sat there grinning.
Fiction book (1992) -
After spending too much time in the airlessness of the cramped room, I felt suffocated and desperate for fresh air.
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The airlessness in the sealed chamber made it difficult for the astronauts to breathe comfortably.
Synonyms
stale air
vsairlessness
2
2.8
Air that smells old and feels heavy
is the overall lack of fresh air that makes indoor breathing difficult
stuffiness
vsairlessness
1
4.1
Air in a room that feels heavy and not fresh
is the actual lack of air or fresh air that makes breathing hard
Antonyms
How Airy
Surface Forms
airlessness singular
airlessnesses plural
Morphology
Etymology
Airlessness comes from air plus -less 'without' and -ness 'state', so it literally means 'the state of being without air', like a small closed room that feels stuffy and hard to breathe.