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- Dictionarystuffy/ˈstʌfi/
adjective
- 1. (of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation: "a stuffy, overcrowded office" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded: "he was steady and rather stuffy" Similar Opposite
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STUFFY definition: 1. A stuffy room or building is unpleasant because it has no fresh air: 2. old-fashioned, formal…. Learn more.
1. : ill-natured, ill-humored. 2. : lacking in vitality or interest : stodgy, dull. 3. a. : oppressive to the breathing : close. a stuffy room. b. : stuffed up. a stuffy nose. 4. a. : narrowly inflexible in standards of conduct : self-righteous. b. : stiffly conventional : priggish. stuffy formalities. stuffily. ˈstə-fə-lē. adverb. stuffiness.
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 your nose is stuffy, it's congested (also without enough air moving through it). When a person is stuffy, he or she is a little prim and proper, without a lot of imagination or a willingness to try new things.
Stuffy definition: close; poorly ventilated. See examples of STUFFY used in a sentence.
STUFFY meaning: 1. A stuffy room or building is unpleasant because it has no fresh air: 2. old-fashioned, formal…. Learn more.
(informal, disapproving) very serious, formal, boring or old-fashioned. (especially North American English) if you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked because you have a cold. Check pronunciation: stuffy. Definition of stuffy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
1. close; poorly ventilated. 2. oppressive from lack of freshness: stuffy air. 3. blocked or stopped up: a stuffy nose. 4. dull or tedious. 5. self-important; pompous. 6. rigid or old-fashioned in attitudes, esp. in matters of personal behavior. [1545–55] stuff′i•ly, adv. stuff′i•ness, n.
STUFFY definition: 1. If a room or a building is stuffy, it is hot and unpleasant and the air is not fresh. 2…. Learn more.
Definitions of 'stuffy' 1. Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old-fashioned. [disapproval] [...] 2. If it is stuffy in a place, it is unpleasantly warm and there is not enough fresh air. [...] 3. If you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked, usually because you have a cold. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'stuffy'
