stuffy
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stuffy
- /ˈstʌfi/
Rhymes with -ʌfi
adjective stuffier · stuffiest
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Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
I can’t smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
Similar: fusty
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Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.
Abby Jimenez
Like my life was a stuffy room, and you’re the breeze that came in when the window opened.
Similar: oppressive
- Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
- Angry and obstinate; sulky.
- Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional. The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.
- Stout; sturdy.
noun stuffies · stuffie
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Synonym of stuffed toy.
Similar: stuffed toy
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: stodgy, close, unventilated, airless, conventional, unaired, suffocating, thick, warm, hot, clogged, stifling, stuck, jam-packed, devastating, crowded
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adj poorly ventilated
| Español | mal ventilado, congestionado, taponado, viciado, sofocante |
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| 한국어 | 답답하다 dapdaphada |
| 中文 | 悶 /闷 mèn, mēn |
| Português | entupido, estufado |
| Français | mal aéré, étouffant, bouché |
| Deutsch | stickig, verstopfte |
| Italiano | chiuso |
| Русский | ду́шный dúšnyj, спёртый spjórtyj, зало́женный zalóžennyj, заби́тый zabítyj |
adj stout; mettlesome; resolute
| Español | brioso |
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