stuffy

From stuff +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstʌfi/
• Rhymes: -ʌfi

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stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)

1. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

   Synonym: fusty

   I can’t smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.

   Let’s go outside – it’s getting stuffy in here.

2. Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.

   Synonym: oppressive

   Like my life was a stuffy room, and you’re the breeze that came in when the window opened.

   Abby Jimenez

3. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
4. (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
5. Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.

   The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

6. (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.

• stuffily
• stuffiness

• stuffed shirt

stuffy (plural stuffies)

1. (US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) Synonym of stuffed toy

• stuffie