stuffy

adjective

/ˈstʌfi/

(comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)

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(of a building, room, etc.) warm in an unpleasant way and without enough fresh air
- a stuffy room
- It gets very hot and stuffy in here in summer.
Extra Examples
- It gets really stuffy in here in summer.
- My parents are being a bit stuffy about me living in London on my own.
- She had always seemed so stuffy and plain.
- The room was stuffy with the smell of socks and sweat.
(informal, disapproving) very serious, formal, boring or old-fashioned
- a stuffy, formal family
- plain, stuffy clothes
Topics Feelingsc2
(especially North American English) if you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked because you have a cold

单词	stuffy
释义	stuffy adjective /ˈstʌfi/ /ˈstʌfi/ (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest) jump to other results (of a building, room, etc.) warm in an unpleasant way and without enough fresh air a stuffy room It gets very hot and stuffy in here in summer. Extra Examples It gets really stuffy in here in summer. My parents are being a bit stuffy about me living in London on my own. She had always seemed so stuffy and plain. The room was stuffy with the smell of socks and sweat. (informal, disapproving) very serious, formal, boring or old-fashioned a stuffy, formal family plain, stuffy clothes Topics Feelingsc2 (especially North American English) if you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked because you have a cold
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