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stuffy

(stʌfi)
Word forms: comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest
1. adjective
Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old-fashioned.
[disapproval]
Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?
...a firm of lawyers in Lincoln's Inn, immensely stuffy and respectable.
...stuffy attitudes.
2. adjective
If it is stuffy in a place, it is unpleasantly warm and there is not enough fresh air.
It was hot and stuffy in the classroom.
Synonyms: airless, stifling, oppressive, close More Synonyms of stuffy
3. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked, usually because you have a cold.
Aromatic capsules are great for easing the discomfort of a stuffy nose.
Synonyms: blocked, congested, stuffed up, bunged up More Synonyms of stuffy
stuffiness uncountable noun
Peppermint leaves are believed to relieve tiredness and nasal stuffiness.
More Synonyms of stuffy

stuffy in British English

(ˈstʌfɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: stuffier or stuffiest
1. 
lacking fresh air
2. 
excessively dull, staid, or conventional
3. 
(of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus
Derived forms
stuffily (ˈstuffily)
adverb
stuffiness (ˈstuffiness)
noun

stuffy in American English

(ˈstʌfi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈstuffier or ˈstuffiest
1. 
a. 
poorly ventilated; having little fresh air; close
b. 
stale or oppressive
the stuffy air
2. 
having the nasal passages stopped up, as from a cold
3.  Informal
a. 
dull or stodgy; not interesting or stimulating
b. 
conservative, conventional, old-fashioned, etc.
c. 
prim; strait-laced
d. 
pompous; pretentious
Derived forms
stuffily (ˈstuffily)
adverb
stuffiness (ˈstuffiness)
noun
Word origin
stuff + -y2

Examples of 'stuffy' in a sentence
stuffy

One answer to the problem of stuffy classrooms might be to opt for virtual schooling instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He thought she was the petulant rock star and she thought he was this stuffy old luvvie.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The powerful arc lights had made the small space quite hot and stuffy.
Davey, Ray Rev. & Cole, John A Channel of Peace (1993)
So curing your problem means clearing that stuffy nose.
The Sun (2008)
Neither is overly formal or stuffy but the food is a step above the usual gastropub fare.
The Sun (2014)
Young Indian scholars deserted stuffy classrooms at the first chance.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
The stuffy old blokes in suits left and us long-haired louts were in.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Can you suggest somewhere luxurious, but not too stuffy or formal?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's not something dead like the history you find in a stuffy old library.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She was standing in a hot, stuffy shop waiting to pay.
The Sun (2012)
I was fed up with the four walls of my stuffy little room at the hostel.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One thing you don't want is to arrive on the moon with a stuffy nose and a headache.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It may have been more stuffy in the old days, but at least you knew where you were.
Thomas Blaikie Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners (2005)
Sources say that the store's image had become too old and stuffy and had failed to keep up with retailing trends.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Young people are kept in small, stuffy rooms with no natural light for hours after arriving or while they await removal from the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Symptoms include a blocked, stuffy nose, headache and a sore throat.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We've moved away from the formal, stuffy way of doing things.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Worst thing: Hot and stuffy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Do a puzzle in another room in dim light to help you doze Open a window in a hot, stuffy bedroom.
The Sun (2009)
Our training room was stuffy, windowless and lit with naked strip lights and by now our new colleagues' attention was beginning to drift.
Joanna Blythman SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
I've met the people who scrub the floors of iconic art galleries, the teachers who have to engage pupils in stuffy classrooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
stuffy

British English: stuffy /ˈstʌfɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If you describe a person or institution as stuffy, you are criticizing them for being formal and old-fashioned.
Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?
  • American English: stuffy
  • Arabic: مُتَغَطْرِس
  • Brazilian Portuguese: limitado
  • Chinese: 乏味的
  • Croatian: formalan
  • Czech: nudný
  • Danish: gammeldags
  • Dutch: bedompt
  • European Spanish: viciado
  • Finnish: tunkkainen
  • French: confiné
  • German: stickig
  • Greek: πνιγηρός
  • Italian: soffocante
  • Japanese: 風通しの悪い
  • Korean: 답답한
  • Norwegian: innestengt
  • Polish: duszny
  • European Portuguese: limitado
  • Romanian: greu de cap
  • Russian: спертый
  • Latin American Spanish: viciado
  • Swedish: kvav
  • Thai: หัวโบราณ
  • Turkish: havasız
  • Ukrainian: консервативний
  • Vietnamese: cổ hủ

Chinese translation of 'stuffy'

stuffy

(ˈstʌfɪ)

adj

  1. [room] 闷(悶)热(熱)的 (mēnrè de)
  2. [person, ideas] 古板的 (gǔbǎn de)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
old-fashioned and very formal
stuffy attitudes
Synonyms
staid
conventional
conventional views
dull
They can both be rather dull.
old-fashioned
deadly (informal)
She found the party deadly.
dreary
They live such dreary lives.
pompous
formal
prim
We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
stilted
musty
He climbed the stairs to a lofty, musty room.
stodgy
stodgy old fogies
uninteresting
Why did he choose these pale, nerveless, uninteresting people?
humourless
fusty
The bedroom she was given had a fusty grandeur.
strait-laced
priggish
He was a priggish, self-righteous little sneak.
as dry as dust
old-fogeyish
niminy-piminy
prim and proper
2 (adjective) 
Definition
lacking fresh air
It was hot and stuffy in the classroom.
Synonyms
airless
a dark, airless room
stifling
The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
oppressive
The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired me out.
close
They sat in that hot, close room for two hours.
heavy
The air outside was heavy and moist and sultry.
stale
suffocating
sultry
on a sultry, summer evening
fetid
muggy
It was muggy and overcast.
unventilated
fuggy
frowsty
Opposites
fresh
,
cool
,
airy
,
breezy
,
pleasant
,
draughty
,
gusty
,
well-ventilated
3 (adjective) 
Aromatic capsules are great for easing the discomfort of a stuffy nose.
Synonyms
blocked
congested
stuffed up
bunged up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of close
Definition
oppressive, heavy, or airless
They sat in that hot, close room for two hours.
Synonyms
stifling,
confined,
oppressive,
stale,
suffocating,
stuffy,
humid,
sweltering,
airless,
muggy,
unventilated,
fuggy,
frowsty,
heavy,
thick
in the sense of conventional
conventional views
Synonyms
proper,
conservative,
correct,
formal,
respectable,
bourgeois,
genteel,
staid,
conformist,
decorous,
Pooterish
in the sense of deadly
Definition
extremely boring
She found the party deadly.
Synonyms
boring,
dull,
tedious,
flat,
monotonous,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
unexciting,
ho-hum (informal),
wearisome,
as dry as dust

Nearby words of
stuffy

  • stuff
  • stuff yourself
  • stuffing
  • stuffy
  • stumble
  • stumble across or on or upon something or someone
  • stumbling block

Synonyms of 'stuffy'

stuffy

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of dreary
Definition
dull or uninteresting
They live such dreary lives.
Synonyms
dull,
boring,
tedious,
routine,
drab,
tiresome,
lifeless,
monotonous,
humdrum,
colourless,
uneventful,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
ho-hum (informal),
wearisome,
as dry as dust
in the sense of dull
Definition
not interesting
They can both be rather dull.
Synonyms
boring,
tedious,
dreary,
flat,
dry,
plain,
commonplace,
tiresome,
monotonous,
prosaic,
run-of-the-mill,
humdrum,
unimaginative,
dozy,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
ho-hum (informal),
vapid,
as dry as dust
in the sense of frowsty
Definition
stale or musty
Synonyms
stale,
close,
stuffy,
musty,
fusty,
fuggy,
ill-smelling
in the sense of fusty
Definition
smelling of damp or mould
The bedroom she was given had a fusty grandeur.
Synonyms
stale,
stuffy,
musty,
frowsty,
rank,
damp,
mouldy,
mouldering,
airless,
malodorous,
mildewed,
mildewy,
ill-smelling
in the sense of heavy
The air outside was heavy and moist and sultry.
Synonyms
humid,
close,
sticky,
oppressive,
clammy,
airless,
muggy,
hevE
in the sense of muggy
Definition
(of weather or air) unpleasantly warm and humid
It was muggy and overcast.
Synonyms
humid,
close,
damp,
sticky,
moist,
oppressive,
stuffy,
sultry,
clammy
in the sense of musty
Definition
smelling or tasting old, stale, or mouldy
He climbed the stairs to a lofty, musty room.
Synonyms
stale,
stuffy,
airless,
decayed,
smelly,
dank,
mouldy,
fusty,
mildewed,
frowsty,
mildewy
in the sense of oppressive
Definition
(of weather) hot and humid
The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired me out.
Synonyms
stifling,
close,
heavy,
sticky,
overpowering,
suffocating,
stuffy,
humid,
torrid,
sultry,
airless,
muggy
in the sense of priggish
He was a priggish, self-righteous little sneak.
Synonyms
self-righteous,
smug,
stiff,
stuffy,
prim,
puritanical,
narrow-minded,
pedantic,
starchy (informal),
self-satisfied,
prudish,
goody-goody (informal),
holier-than-thou
in the sense of prim
Definition
affectedly proper, or formal, and rather prudish
We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
Synonyms
prudish,
particular,
formal,
proper,
precise,
stiff,
fussy,
fastidious,
puritanical,
demure,
starchy (informal),
prissy,
strait-laced,
priggish,
anal retentive,
schoolmarmish (British, rare),
old-maidish (informal),
niminy-piminy (rare)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of stifling
Definition
uncomfortably hot and stuffy
The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
Synonyms
suffocating,
close,
oppressive,
airless,
sticky,
muggy
in the sense of stodgy
Definition
(of a person) dull, serious, or excessively formal
stodgy old fogies
Synonyms
dull,
boring,
stuffy,
formal,
tedious,
tiresome,
staid,
unimaginative,
turgid,
uninspired,
unexciting,
ho-hum,
heavy going,
fuddy-duddy (informal),
dull as ditchwater
in the sense of sultry
Definition
(of weather or climate) very hot and humid
on a sultry, summer evening
Synonyms
humid,
close,
hot,
sticky,
stifling,
oppressive,
stuffy,
sweltering,
muggy
in the sense of uninteresting
Definition
boring or dull
Why did he choose these pale, nerveless, uninteresting people?
Synonyms
boring,
dull,
tedious,
flat,
dry,
commonplace,
dreary,
drab,
tiresome,
monotonous,
uninspiring,
humdrum,
uneventful,
mind-numbing,
unexciting,
ho-hum (informal),
wearisome,
unenjoyable,
as dry as dust
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