stuffy

See also stuffie

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌfi

Adjective

stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)

1. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

   I can't smell very well today - I have a stuffy nose.

   Let's go outside - it's getting stuffy in here.

2. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
3. Angry and obstinate; sulky.
4. Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.

   The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

Translations

Stout; mettlesome; resolute

• Spanish: brioso (es) m

Angry and obstinate; sulky

• French: fâché (fr), en rogne (fr)

Poorly-ventilated; close

• Armenian: տոթ (hy) (tot’)
• French: mal aéré (fr), étouffant (fr)
• German: stickig (de)

• Russian: (air) душный (ru) (dúšnyj), спёртый (ru) (spjórtyj); (nose) заложенный (ru) (zalóžennyj), забитый (ru) (zabítyj)
• Spanish: mal ventilado (es), congestionado (es), taponado (es)

Noun

stuffy (plural stuffies)

1. (US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) A stuffed animal or other plush toy.

Derived terms

• stuffily
• stuffiness

Related terms

• stuffed shirt