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1. (adj.) stuffy
close; poorly ventilated.
2. stuffy
oppressive from lack of freshness:
stuffy air.
3. stuffy
blocked or stopped up:
a stuffy nose.
4. stuffy
dull or tedious.
5. stuffy
self-important; pompous.
6. stuffy
rigid or old-fashioned in attitudes, esp. in matters of personal behavior.
Etymology: (1545–55)
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| Definition of 'stuffy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) airless, close, stuffy, unaired
lacking fresh air
"a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
2. (adj) stodgy, stuffy
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
"why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"
3. (adj) stuffy
affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
"a stuffy feeling in my chest"
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1. (adjective) stuffy
(of a room or building) hot and without any movement of air
a stuffy office building
2. stuffy
filled with mucus because you are sick
a stuffy nose/head
3. stuffy
old-fashioned and strict in character
a stuffy private college
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| Definition of 'stuffy' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) stuffy
stout; mettlesome; resolute
2. (adj) stuffy
angry and obstinate; sulky
3. (adj) stuffy
ill-ventilated; close
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Sense: (of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air
Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?
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 Afrikaans: bedompig |
 Arabic: خانِق، فاسِد الهَواء |
 Bulgarian: непроветрен |
 Brazilian: abafado |
 Czech: dusný |
 German: stickig |
 Danish: indelukket |
 Greek: πνιγηρός, αποπνικτικός |
 Spanish: cargado, mal ventilado |
 Estonian: umbne |
 Farsi: دم كرده |
 Finnish: tunkkainen |
 French: mal aéré |
 Hebrew: מַחֲנִיק |
 Hindi: दमघोंटू, दम घोंटने वाला |
 Croatian: zagušljiv, sparan |
 Hungarian: fülledt |
 Indonesian: pengap |
 Icelandic: loftlaus; mollulegur |
 Italian: soffocante |
 Japanese: 風通しの悪い |
 Korean: 무더운, 숨믹히는 |
 Lithuanian: tvankus |
 Latvian: sasmacis (gaiss); piesmac |
 Malay: pengap |
 Dutch: bedompt |
 Norwegian: innestengt, med dårlig lu |
 Polish: duszny |
 Persian: دم كرده |
 Pashto: تړبوخته، بنده هوا |
 Portuguese: abafado |
 Romanian: neaerisit |
 Russian: душный |
 Slovak: dusný |
 Slovenian: zadušljiv |
 Serbian: zagušljiv |
 Swedish: instängd, kvav |
 Thai: อบอ้าว |
 Turkish: havasız ve sıcak |
 Taiwanese: 悶熱 |
 Ukrainian: не провітрений; душний |
 Urdu: حبس دار |
 Vietnamese: ngột ngạt |
 Chinese: 闷热 |
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