stuffy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstʌfi/

Adjective

stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)

1. Poorly ventilated#Adjective|ventilated; partially plug#Verb|plugged.

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

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

2. stout#Adjective|Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
3. (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
4. boring#Adjective|Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.

   The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

5. (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.

Related terms

• stuffed shirt

Translations

• French: mal aéré, étouffant, bouché (nose)
• German: stickig, verstopfte (nose)
• Italian: chiuso (nose)
• Portuguese: entupido (nose), estufado
• Russian: (air) ду́шный
• Spanish: mal ventilado, congestionado, taponado

Translations

• Spanish: brioso

Translations

• French: fâché, en rogne

Noun

stuffy (plural stuffies)

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

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