Stuffy
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adjective.
Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
adjective.
Having the respiratory passages blocked.
adjective.
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adjective.
Dull and boring.
adjective.
Rigidly adhering to conventional standards; strait-laced.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Close, as if from being stuffed and unaired; musty from closeness; oppressive to the head or lungs.
Stuffed out; fat: said of a person.
Affected as if by stuffing; muffled: said of the voice or speech.
Made of good stuff; stout; resolute; mettlesome.
Angry; sulky: obstinate.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
adjective.
Angry and obstinate; sulky.
adjective.
Ill-ventilated; close.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Poorly
ventilated
; partially
plugged
.
adjective.
Stout
;
mettlesome
;
resolute
.
adjective.
Angry
and
obstinate
;
sulky
.
adjective.
Boring
,
uninteresting
, over-
formal
,
pompous
, very
conventional
.
noun.
A
stuffed animal
or other
plush toy
.
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adjective.
lacking fresh air
adjective.
affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
adjective.
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
Word Usage
"While other college students are in stuffy classrooms, about a dozen are earning credit tending a Vermont farm."
Equivalent
conventional
obstructed
unventilated
Etymologically Related
stuffily
stuffiness
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Fluffy
buffy
fluffy
huffy
puffy
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
airless
cavernous
chilly
clammy
claustrophobic
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Quakerish
Victorian
accordant
airless
anal
variant
stuffier
stuffiest