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Definition of stuffy in English: stuffyadjectivestuffier, stuffiest ˈstʌfiˈstəfi 1(of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation. a stuffy, overcrowded office Example sentencesExamples - As Derek quickly entered my room, I felt the cool breeze enter behind him, bringing with it welcome fresh air into my stuffy room.
- In a stuffy room deep in the bowels of the Stade de France, the 100m and 200m champion was seated in front of 250 journalists, trying to convince them that she deserved to hang on to her gold medals.
- In a stuffy room on the third floor of an ageing hotel behind an ice cream parlour in a smart Lahore suburb yesterday sat the men who threaten to bring Pakistan to its knees.
- Cortleno opened the window by the door, admitting a warm breeze into the stuffy room.
- Since the room was stuffy and muggy without the air conditioner running all the time, just turning the thing off wasn't an option.
- The room is stuffy so I take off my jacket and place it on my chair.
- The room was stuffy and hot, despite the chilly wind howling and moaning outside.
- She rapped the solid oak door three times, before turning the golden handle and entering the stuffy room.
- When I had finally gotten out of the stuffy room a large mess and a broom, dustpan and garbage bin were waiting for me.
- Kelvin didn't talk to those whom he shared this stuffy room with, neither did they talk much to him.
- This is different from those stuffy rooms in other restaurants, compartments here have a big round window in each wall and large straw curtains.
- Bathrooms tend to be quite stuffy places, where even the hint of a bad smell will linger.
- She sits in a dark, stuffy room, only vaguely aware of her surroundings.
- She was in what appeared to be a darkened room of some sort; a small, stuffy room full of grey, dusty objects.
- She couldn't wait to get out of that stuffy room she had been in for what seemed like an eternity.
- Me and Simone were in a corner of the stuffy room, warily glancing at all the models as if they were about to attack.
- Number two, I don't know why you'd wish to spend your birthday in a small, stuffy room like this one when you could be up in the fresh, cool air.
- I need better headphones for this stuff since mine's are like obscure foreign language classes way back in stuffy rooms.
- In a crowded, stuffy room, overhead fans strained to circulate the inert air.
- My book has been translated into German and yet the audience crammed in a stuffy room at the British Council offices are flicking through the English language edition.
Synonyms airless, close, muggy, sultry, heavy, musty, stale, frowzy stifling, suffocating, oppressive British frowsty British informal fuggy - 1.1 (of a person's nose) blocked up and making breathing difficult.
inhaling vapour from a bowl of hot water may help to clear a stuffy nose Example sentencesExamples - For a portable and convenient inhalant put 1 drop each of the same oils on a tissue or handkerchief and inhale them whenever needed to ease laboured breathing and a stuffy nose.
- When you've got a stuffy nose, you put some hot water and a couple of drops of the medicine that comes with it into the inhaler.
- I had a huge head ach and my nose was stuffy, I might be complaining but all I wanted to do was sleep.
- For most people, cold and flu season means suffering the temporary annoyances of a stuffy nose, a sore throat or a bad cough.
- Often, other signs and symptoms - such as a cough, sore throat or fever - accompany a stuffy nose that's caused by a virus.
- Eucalyptus oil is excellent for clearing a stuffy nose and for relieving muscular pain.
- DeLaney recommended that she give up all wheat and dairy, in case her stuffy nose was caused by allergies to those foods, and forgo the beer she drank daily after work.
- Common symptoms include a runny and/or stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat and cough.
- Lloyd's big problem is that he has a stuffy nose.
- The first symptoms are usually like a cold: stuffy nose, runny nose, and mild cough.
- If you just have a stuffy nose or sore throat, you have the green light to work out, although you may want to avoid the gym out of consideration for others.
- According to the manufacturer, the most commonly reported side effects are headache, flushing, and stuffy or runny nose.
- One should be on watch for any soreness in the throat, a stuffy nose or congested chest because they are the early symptoms of the onset of disease.
- Does anyone in the family have frequent headaches, fevers, itchy watery eyes, a stuffy nose, dry throat, or a cough?
- She sniffled, since her nose was stuffy now, and she laid down on the mattress that Chad had pointed out for her.
- The flu may cause fever, cough, sore throat, a runny nose or a stuffy nose, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness.
- Ask your child's doctor about ways to treat the symptoms that are making your child uncomfortable, such as a stuffy nose or scratchy throat, without the use of antibiotics.
- The first symptoms of a cold are often a tickle in the throat, a runny or stuffy nose, and sneezing.
- Side-effects with these treatments tend to be minor and include headaches, nausea, indigestion and a stuffy nose.
- Chocolate candy might not taste as good if you have a cold and a stuffy nose.
Synonyms blocked, stuffed up, bunged up
2(of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded. he was steady and rather stuffy Example sentencesExamples - Kitchen gardeners are very often thought of as stuffy people, patiently planting seeds into precise rows and endlessly digging.
- Beethoven was born in a small, stuffy town in northern Germany in 1770.
- New England in the 19th century was the apex of conformity: staid, stuffy and abstemious.
- Then you just have a bunch of stuffy people, made even stuffier by their uncomfortable clothes, wandering around and lying about what a good time they are having.
- The new arrival with an irreverent approach to the stuffy conventions and personnel of Parliament made an immediate impression.
- Honestly, nothing but a group of old, stuffy men gathering to talk about things they talk about every other day of the year.
- Mr. Smith is a stuffy lawyer, unassuming, straight-laced, reliable - traits that make him a trustworthy friend.
- Alternatively, if the opening speaker is dry, stuffy, boring, or pompous, it gives every other speaker less momentum to work with.
- In particular, people had remarkably stuffy ideas about sexual behaviour.
- The writer of this article is a professor, wrapped up in the stuffy world of academia.
- Ask him to tell you about his toys and it is even easier to believe he really is in this business for the sheer joy of doing what he does best - breaking new frontiers in the stuffy world of insurance.
- Her children are grown, and want her to marry some old, boring, stuffy man who talks about his aches and pains a lot.
- At first glance he seemed like such a stuffy person, even cantankerous at times.
- ‘Oh come on Wills,’ Blake tries to get our occasionally stuffy friend to loosen up.
- Well, election season politics isn't all about stuffy guys in shirts - well, it mostly is.
- Far from the new media having overthrown the stuffy conventions of the ‘old media,’ the mores of ‘professional’ print journalists still hold sway.
- Friends describe Ojjeh as funny, intelligent and chatty, who brings a breath of fresh air into the stuffy world of French politics.
- The Countryside Party could bring a breath of fresh, country air into the stuffy world of British politics.
- Since the nineteenth century many an artist has claimed that he fought the good fight against stuffy conventionalism by baiting the bourgeois.
- I didn't like being in the house with all those stuffy people, especially because they frowned upon my style and that I didn't want to be part of the elite.
Synonyms staid, sedate, sober, stiff, reserved, impersonal, formal, pompous, prim, priggish, fogeyish, strait-laced, conformist, conventional, conservative, old-fashioned, of the old school stodgy, boring, dull, dreary, uninteresting informal square, straight, starchy, fuddy-duddy, stick-in-the-mud, uptight
Derivatives adverb ˈstʌfɪliˈstəfəli ‘We like to save these booths for larger parties,’ a waiter said stuffily. Example sentencesExamples - They were also the first band to be played on Britain's Radio 1, 2, 3, and 4 all in one week, something quite unheard of in its day for the stuffily run government radio stations.
- The dinner has gotten so not Washington press corps, so not our class, that this year, the New York Times stuffily declined to buy a table.
- The Hotel Sacher Cafe is the place to go for authentic sachertorte, a rich chocolate apricot confection that was invented in this stuffily splendid establishment.
- Those looks provide a rare smartened-up alternative to the boho and gypsy skirts and sandals that seem to have swallowed the high street recently, but without seeming stuffily formal, either.
noun ˈstʌfɪnəs Patients might think their stuffiness is caused by seasonal allergies when, in fact, they're suffering from a chronic sinus infection or even hormonal changes caused by pregnancy or use of oral contraceptives. Example sentencesExamples - Built in 1901, it played host to Edward VII on a number of occasions, and retains an air of exclusivity while at the same time avoiding any sense of stuffiness.
- A chiming grandfather clock is all that is lacking to complete a scene redolent of a bygone era framed by stuffiness and reserve.
- When occupants complain of lack of oxygen or stuffiness, high levels of carbon dioxide will often be found.
- Architectural projects underlined his power and status, no doubt, but the garden became a refuge, too, from the stuffiness of the formal halls and the clamour of the court.
Rhymes fluffy, huffy, puffy, roughie, roughy, scruffy, snuffy, toughie Definition of stuffy in US English: stuffyadjectiveˈstəfēˈstəfi 1(of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation. a stuffy, overcrowded office Example sentencesExamples - In a crowded, stuffy room, overhead fans strained to circulate the inert air.
- She was in what appeared to be a darkened room of some sort; a small, stuffy room full of grey, dusty objects.
- I need better headphones for this stuff since mine's are like obscure foreign language classes way back in stuffy rooms.
- When I had finally gotten out of the stuffy room a large mess and a broom, dustpan and garbage bin were waiting for me.
- In a stuffy room on the third floor of an ageing hotel behind an ice cream parlour in a smart Lahore suburb yesterday sat the men who threaten to bring Pakistan to its knees.
- The room was stuffy and hot, despite the chilly wind howling and moaning outside.
- As Derek quickly entered my room, I felt the cool breeze enter behind him, bringing with it welcome fresh air into my stuffy room.
- Since the room was stuffy and muggy without the air conditioner running all the time, just turning the thing off wasn't an option.
- She rapped the solid oak door three times, before turning the golden handle and entering the stuffy room.
- Kelvin didn't talk to those whom he shared this stuffy room with, neither did they talk much to him.
- Bathrooms tend to be quite stuffy places, where even the hint of a bad smell will linger.
- Cortleno opened the window by the door, admitting a warm breeze into the stuffy room.
- Me and Simone were in a corner of the stuffy room, warily glancing at all the models as if they were about to attack.
- My book has been translated into German and yet the audience crammed in a stuffy room at the British Council offices are flicking through the English language edition.
- She sits in a dark, stuffy room, only vaguely aware of her surroundings.
- In a stuffy room deep in the bowels of the Stade de France, the 100m and 200m champion was seated in front of 250 journalists, trying to convince them that she deserved to hang on to her gold medals.
- The room is stuffy so I take off my jacket and place it on my chair.
- She couldn't wait to get out of that stuffy room she had been in for what seemed like an eternity.
- Number two, I don't know why you'd wish to spend your birthday in a small, stuffy room like this one when you could be up in the fresh, cool air.
- This is different from those stuffy rooms in other restaurants, compartments here have a big round window in each wall and large straw curtains.
Synonyms airless, close, muggy, sultry, heavy, musty, stale, frowzy - 1.1 (of a person's nose) blocked up and making breathing difficult, typically as a result of illness.
Example sentencesExamples - Often, other signs and symptoms - such as a cough, sore throat or fever - accompany a stuffy nose that's caused by a virus.
- When you've got a stuffy nose, you put some hot water and a couple of drops of the medicine that comes with it into the inhaler.
- Chocolate candy might not taste as good if you have a cold and a stuffy nose.
- For most people, cold and flu season means suffering the temporary annoyances of a stuffy nose, a sore throat or a bad cough.
- The flu may cause fever, cough, sore throat, a runny nose or a stuffy nose, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness.
- The first symptoms of a cold are often a tickle in the throat, a runny or stuffy nose, and sneezing.
- The first symptoms are usually like a cold: stuffy nose, runny nose, and mild cough.
- Does anyone in the family have frequent headaches, fevers, itchy watery eyes, a stuffy nose, dry throat, or a cough?
- If you just have a stuffy nose or sore throat, you have the green light to work out, although you may want to avoid the gym out of consideration for others.
- One should be on watch for any soreness in the throat, a stuffy nose or congested chest because they are the early symptoms of the onset of disease.
- She sniffled, since her nose was stuffy now, and she laid down on the mattress that Chad had pointed out for her.
- For a portable and convenient inhalant put 1 drop each of the same oils on a tissue or handkerchief and inhale them whenever needed to ease laboured breathing and a stuffy nose.
- According to the manufacturer, the most commonly reported side effects are headache, flushing, and stuffy or runny nose.
- Side-effects with these treatments tend to be minor and include headaches, nausea, indigestion and a stuffy nose.
- I had a huge head ach and my nose was stuffy, I might be complaining but all I wanted to do was sleep.
- DeLaney recommended that she give up all wheat and dairy, in case her stuffy nose was caused by allergies to those foods, and forgo the beer she drank daily after work.
- Ask your child's doctor about ways to treat the symptoms that are making your child uncomfortable, such as a stuffy nose or scratchy throat, without the use of antibiotics.
- Eucalyptus oil is excellent for clearing a stuffy nose and for relieving muscular pain.
- Lloyd's big problem is that he has a stuffy nose.
- Common symptoms include a runny and/or stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat and cough.
Synonyms blocked, stuffed up, bunged up - 1.2 (of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas and behavior; conventional and narrow-minded.
he was steady and rather stuffy Example sentencesExamples - I didn't like being in the house with all those stuffy people, especially because they frowned upon my style and that I didn't want to be part of the elite.
- Alternatively, if the opening speaker is dry, stuffy, boring, or pompous, it gives every other speaker less momentum to work with.
- Far from the new media having overthrown the stuffy conventions of the ‘old media,’ the mores of ‘professional’ print journalists still hold sway.
- In particular, people had remarkably stuffy ideas about sexual behaviour.
- Friends describe Ojjeh as funny, intelligent and chatty, who brings a breath of fresh air into the stuffy world of French politics.
- Honestly, nothing but a group of old, stuffy men gathering to talk about things they talk about every other day of the year.
- Well, election season politics isn't all about stuffy guys in shirts - well, it mostly is.
- Mr. Smith is a stuffy lawyer, unassuming, straight-laced, reliable - traits that make him a trustworthy friend.
- The new arrival with an irreverent approach to the stuffy conventions and personnel of Parliament made an immediate impression.
- Ask him to tell you about his toys and it is even easier to believe he really is in this business for the sheer joy of doing what he does best - breaking new frontiers in the stuffy world of insurance.
- Beethoven was born in a small, stuffy town in northern Germany in 1770.
- New England in the 19th century was the apex of conformity: staid, stuffy and abstemious.
- At first glance he seemed like such a stuffy person, even cantankerous at times.
- Kitchen gardeners are very often thought of as stuffy people, patiently planting seeds into precise rows and endlessly digging.
- ‘Oh come on Wills,’ Blake tries to get our occasionally stuffy friend to loosen up.
- Her children are grown, and want her to marry some old, boring, stuffy man who talks about his aches and pains a lot.
- Then you just have a bunch of stuffy people, made even stuffier by their uncomfortable clothes, wandering around and lying about what a good time they are having.
- The Countryside Party could bring a breath of fresh, country air into the stuffy world of British politics.
- Since the nineteenth century many an artist has claimed that he fought the good fight against stuffy conventionalism by baiting the bourgeois.
- The writer of this article is a professor, wrapped up in the stuffy world of academia.
Synonyms staid, sedate, sober, stiff, reserved, impersonal, formal, pompous, prim, priggish, fogeyish, strait-laced, conformist, conventional, conservative, old-fashioned, of the old school
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