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stuffystuff‧y /ˈstʌfi/ adjective   - Come on Dad. Don't be so stuffy!
- I wish I could escape from this stuffy little office.
- It's getting stuffy in here -- shall I open the window?
- The hotel room was hot and stuffy, and I woke up with a terrible headache.
- Victor was as old-fashioned as his father, and equally stuffy.
- A stuffy atmosphere, or one which is artificially heated, air-conditioned and lit, produces lethargy and depression.
- Georges is a stuffy individual who dresses in black tie just to watch Don Giovanni on television.
- The stuffy people finally listen to this genius, then they stand and applaud.
- The room was hot and stuffy.
- They stood around her in the stuffy room, aghast.
- You can find ways of taking advantage of good weather while others are shut in stuffy offices.
- You will not find a stuffy bureaucrat in him.
when there is not enough fresh air► stuffy a room or building that is stuffy does not have enough fresh air, often because it is small or there are too many people in it: · The hotel room was hot and stuffy, and I woke up with a terrible headache.· It's getting stuffy in here -- shall I open the window?· I wish I could escape from this stuffy little office. ► airless a room or building that is airless feels like it does not have enough air in it for you to breathe properly: · The classroom was airless and uncomfortably hot. · Hales lived in a tiny, airless room with one small window that wouldn't open. ► stifling very hot and uncomfortable, and without enough air for you to breathe properly: · It was stifling in there; I was glad to get out.· The heat in the narrow packed streets was stifling.stifling hot: · The room was stifling hot. someone who is quiet and does not laugh or joke much► serious someone who is serious is quiet and sensible, and does not seem to enjoy laughing and joking: · Friends described him as a serious and thoughtful man.serious about: · Laura was always very serious about her work. ► earnest someone who is earnest is very serious or too serious, and believes that what they say or do is very important - use this especially about someone who is young or not very experienced: · One earnest young man asked De Mille about the philosophical meaning of his films.· a group of earnest musicians dressed completely in black ► sober someone who is sober is very serious and thinks carefully about things, and does not laugh or joke very often: · I went to see Professor Dandavate, a sober and respected academic. · a sober-looking man in a grey suit ► have no sense of humour British /have no sense of humor American someone who has no sense of humour does not understand jokes, funny situations, etc - use this especially when you think someone like this is annoying or boring: · He didn't laugh at any of my jokes. Maybe taxi drivers just don't have a sense of humor.· My grandmother didn't have much of a sense of humour, and she could never understand what we were laughing about. ► stuffy someone who is stuffy does not laugh or smile at things that other people think are funny, because they are a little formal and have old-fashioned attitudes: · Victor was as old-fashioned as his father, and equally stuffy.· Come on Dad. Don't be so stuffy! ► humourless British /humorless American someone who is humourless never laughs at anything and never tries to be funny or tell jokes: · I knew Deaver at college, and remember him as cold, humorless, and aloof.· Since the death of his wife he has become isolated, defensive and humorless. 1a room or building that is stuffy does not have enough fresh air in it:  It’s getting stuffy in here – do you mind if I open the window?2people, occasions, or places that are stuffy are too formal and old-fashioned – used to show disapproval: Their wedding was stuffy and formal. a stuffy old family—stuffiness noun [uncountable]: the stuffiness of the room |