stuffy

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See also: stuffie

English

Etymology

From stuff +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstʌfi/
  • Rhymes: -ʌfi
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective

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.

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Noun

stuffy (plural stuffies)

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

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stuffed toy — see soft toy
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