stuffy
close; poorly ventilated: a stuffy room.
oppressive from lack of freshness: stuffy air; a stuffy odor.
lacking in interest, as writing or discourse.
affected with a sensation of obstruction in the respiratory passages: a stuffy nose.
dull or tedious; boring.
self-important; pompous.
rigid or strait-laced in attitudes, especially in matters of personal behavior.
old-fashioned; conservative.
ill-tempered; sulky.
Origin of stuffy
1Other words for stuffy
Other words from stuffy
- stuff·i·ly, adverb
- stuff·i·ness, noun
- un·stuff·i·ly, adverb
- un·stuff·i·ness, noun
- un·stuff·y, adjective
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How to use stuffy in a sentence
With a pop of color and fun print, this cotton pair is not at all stuffy.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Don Draper in Your Life | Allison McNearney | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was dark and somewhat stuffy, and it was “home” to a troupe of six.
The ceremony is always too stuffy, unless it is way too silly.
Yesterday, the media were supposed to be focused on the stuffy royal luncheon at Buckingham Palace.
Pippa Steals The Royal Limelight Again as Wedding Rumors Trump Stuffy Royal Lunch | Tom Sykes | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe style is stuffy, the syntax is antique, and the conceit is never really convincing.
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It would be like opening the windows upon a stuffy, overcrowded and unventilated room of disputing people.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells"No, thanks," the stranger said, taking his bag and shutting himself into his stuffy little stateroom.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes"The things," Mr. Devenish, is my rather stuffy way of referring to all the delightful poems that you are going to eat to-night.
First Plays | A. A. MilneA stuffy hole, full of peat-smoke, and with a window that can't open at the best of times.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeThe crowd swarmed into the court-room, stuffy and hot enough already, and the air vibrated with expectancy.
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British Dictionary definitions for stuffy
/ (ˈstʌfɪ) /
lacking fresh air
excessively dull, staid, or conventional
(of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus
Derived forms of stuffy
- stuffily, adverb
- stuffiness, noun
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