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stuff·y
(stŭf′ē)adj. stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est
1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.
3.
a. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.
b. Rigidly adhering to conventional standards; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" (Evelyn Waugh).
stuff′i·ly adv.
stuff′i·ness n.
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stuffy
(ˈstʌfɪ)adj, stuffier or stuffiest
1. lacking fresh air
2. excessively dull, staid, or conventional
3. (Physiology) (of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus
ˈstuffily adv
ˈstuffiness n
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stuff•y
(ˈstʌf i)adj. stuff•i•er, stuff•i•est.
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.
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Adj. | 1. | stuffy - lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" unventilated - not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms" |
2. | 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" conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" | |
3. | stuffy - affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest" obstructed - shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice" |
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stuffy
adjective
1. (Informal) staid, conventional, dull, old-fashioned, deadly, dreary, pompous, formal, prim, stilted, musty, stodgy, uninteresting, humourless, fusty, strait-laced, priggish, as dry as dust, old-fogeyish, niminy-piminy, prim and proper stuffy attitudes
2. airless, stifling, oppressive, close, heavy, stale, suffocating, sultry, fetid, muggy, unventilated, fuggy, frowsty It was hot and stuffy in the classroom.
airless fresh, cool, airy, breezy, pleasant, draughty, gusty, well-ventilated
airless fresh, cool, airy, breezy, pleasant, draughty, gusty, well-ventilated
3. blocked, congested, stuffed up, bunged up Aromatic capsules are great for easing the discomfort of a stuffy nose.
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stuffy
adjective2. Arousing no interest or curiosity:
3. Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form:
bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, Victorian.
Idiom: prim and proper.
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Translations
باهِت ورَسْمي، خامِلخانِق، فاسِد الهَواءمُتَغَطْرِس
nudnýdusný
formelforstokketgammeldagsindelukket
tunkkainen
formalan
begyöpösödött fejû
loftlaus; mollulegurstífur, formlegur, leiîinlegur
風通しの悪い
답답한
tvankuma
garlaicīgspiesmacissasmacissmacīgsstīvs
zadušljiv
kvav
หัวโบราณ
aşırı resmîhavasızhavasız ve sıcakkendini beğenmiş
cổ hủ
stuffy
[ˈstʌfɪ] ADJ (stuffier (compar) (stuffiest (superl)))1. [room] → mal ventilado; [atmosphere] → cargado, sofocante
it's stuffy in here → aquí huele a cerrado → el ambiente está un poco cargado aquí
it's stuffy in here → aquí huele a cerrado → el ambiente está un poco cargado aquí
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stuffy
[ˈstʌfi] adjCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stuffy
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stuffy
[ˈstʌfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))a. (room) → mal ventilato/a, senz'aria
it's terribly stuffy in here → qui non si respira
it smells stuffy → c'è odore di chiuso
it's terribly stuffy in here → qui non si respira
it smells stuffy → c'è odore di chiuso
b. (ideas) → antiquato/a, arretrato/a; (person) → all'antica
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stuffy
(ˈstafi) adjective1. (of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air. Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?
2. formal and dull. Must we visit those stuffy people?
ˈstuffily adverbˈstuffiness noun
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stuffy
→ مُتَغَطْرِس nudný gammeldags stickig πνιγηρός viciado tunkkainen confiné formalan soffocante 風通しの悪い 답답한 bedompt innestengt duszny limitado спертый kvav หัวโบราณ havasız cổ hủ 乏味的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009