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Vocabulary Entry
stuffy
|adjective • noun
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A
adjective
Having an excessive amount of heat and moisture; not fresh or airy.
Example Sentences
"The room felt stuffy after being closed up all day."
"He found it hard to breathe in the stuffy atmosphere of the crowded bus."
"On hot summer days, the air can become stuffy and uncomfortable."
N
noun
A person who is overly concerned with propriety or tradition; a dull or conformist person.
Example Sentences
"He was considered a stuffy old man who didn't understand modern culture."
"At the party, I felt out of place among the stuffies who only talked about politics."
"The film poked fun at the stuffy attitudes of the 1950s."