What is another word for airlessness?

Pronunciation: [ˈe͡ələsnəs] (IPA)

Airlessness is a state of being without air or proper ventilation. To describe this condition, one can use synonyms like suffocation, stuffiness, stale, stifling and claustrophobic. Suffocation refers to the blockage of air that causes difficulty in breathing while stuffiness relates to the accumulation of hot and humid air. Stale refers to the unchanging air quality that causes discomfort, and stifling denotes the oppressive feeling that the air is too warm and heavy. Claustrophobic portrays the sensation of being trapped in an enclosed, dark and unventilated area. These synonyms aid in clearly conveying the feeling of airlessness in various situations.

What are the hypernyms for Airlessness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Airlessness

The dreadful day, the hours and hours of heat and choking airlessness, had made no impression on her apparently, except to turn her from clean to dirty, while Ingram lay back in his corner a thing hardly human, wanting nothing now in the world but cold water poured over him and he to lie while it was poured on a slab of iced marble.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
Unlike the soundless discharge of his special gun in the outer airlessness, the blast of air that came into the waiting chamber was like a hurricane in noise and force, as the room filled in a few seconds.
"Anything You Can Do"
Gordon Randall Garrett
Unlike the soundless discharge of his special gun in the outer airlessness, the blast of air that came into the waiting chamber was like a hurricane in noise and force.
"Anything You Can Do ..."
Gordon Randall Garrett

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