stuffy
IPA: stˈʌfi
noun
- (US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) Synonym of stuffed toy
adjective
- Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
- Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
- (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
- Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
- (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.
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Examples of "stuffy" in Sentences
- The room is stuffy and needs fresh air.
- I think the Latin tags are stuffy and opaque.
- Orator is a bit of an archaic and stuffy word.
- Are we replacing the stuffy academy with our own
- I always had a stuffy nose until the age of like eleven.
- Fun environments are easier to work in than stuffy ones.
- I suppose that the stuffy mindset would be a dealbreaker.
- Too many stuffy people bringing the atmosphere down here.
- This section can be very stuffy and I was hoping to lighten the mood.
- It's obvious that all of you are stuffy headed, puffed up and arogant.
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