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See also: stuffie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈstʌfi/
- Rhymes: -ʌfi
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)
- 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.
- 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.
- Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
- (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
- Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
- The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.
- (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]poorly ventilated
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stout; mettlesome; resolute
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angry and obstinate; sulky
Noun
[edit]stuffy (plural stuffies)
- (US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) Synonym of stuffed toy
Alternative forms
[edit]Translations
[edit]stuffed toy — see soft toy
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