stuffy

Related to stuffy: Stuffy nose

stuff·y

(stŭf′ē)

adj. stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est

1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.

2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.

a. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.

b. Rigidly adhering to conventional standards; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" (Evelyn Waugh).

stuff′i·ly adv.

stuff′i·ness n.

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stuffy

(ˈstʌfɪ)

adj, stuffier or stuffiest

1. lacking fresh air

2. excessively dull, staid, or conventional

3. (Physiology) (of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus

ˈstuffily adv

ˈstuffiness n

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stuff•y

(ˈstʌf i)

adj. stuff•i•er, stuff•i•est.

1. close; poorly ventilated.

2. oppressive from lack of freshness: stuffy air.

3. blocked or stopped up: a stuffy nose.

4. dull or tedious.

5. self-important; pompous.

6. rigid or old-fashioned in attitudes, esp. in matters of personal behavior.

[1545–55]

stuff′i•ly, adv.

stuff′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	stuffy - lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" airless, unaired, close unventilated - not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms"
	2.	stuffy - excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party" stodgy conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
	3.	stuffy - affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest" obstructed - shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice"

stuffy

adjective

1. (Informal) staid, conventional, dull, old-fashioned, deadly, dreary, pompous, formal, prim, stilted, musty, stodgy, uninteresting, humourless, fusty, strait-laced, priggish, as dry as dust, old-fogeyish, niminy-piminy, prim and proper stuffy attitudes

2. airless, stifling, oppressive, close, heavy, stale, suffocating, sultry, fetid, muggy, unventilated, fuggy, frowsty It was hot and stuffy in the classroom.
airless fresh, cool, airy, breezy, pleasant, draughty, gusty, well-ventilated

3. blocked, congested, stuffed up, bunged up Aromatic capsules are great for easing the discomfort of a stuffy nose.

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stuffy

adjective

1. Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air:

airless, close, stifling.

2. Arousing no interest or curiosity:

boring, drear, dreary, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.

3. Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form:

bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, Victorian.

Idiom: prim and proper.

Translations

باهِت ورَسْمي، خامِلخانِق، فاسِد الهَواءمُتَغَطْرِس

nudnýdusný

formelforstokketgammeldagsindelukket

stickig langweilig

αποπνικτικός πνιγηρός

viciado

tunkkainen

confiné étouffant

formalan

begyöpösödött fejû

loftlaus; mollulegurstífur, formlegur, leiîinlegur

soffocante di mente ristretta l'essere viziato muffaticcio ristrettezza

風通しの悪い

답답한

tvankuma

garlaicīgspiesmacissasmacissmacīgsstīvs

zadušljiv

kvav

หัวโบราณ

aşırı resmîhavasızhavasız ve sıcakkendini beğenmiş

cổ hủ

乏味的固步自封的闷热

stuffy

[ˈstʌfɪ] ADJ (stuffier (compar) (stuffiest (superl)))

1. [room] → mal ventilado; [atmosphere] → cargado, sofocante
it's stuffy in here → aquí huele a cerrado → el ambiente está un poco cargado aquí

2. [person] (= narrow-minded) → remilgado, de miras estrechas; (= prudish) → remilgado; (= stiff, starchy) → tieso; (= dull, boring) → pesado, poco interesante

3. (= congested) [nose] → taponado, atascado
I've got a stuffy nose → tengo la nariz taponada or atascada

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stuffy

[ˈstʌfi] adj

[room] → mal ventilé(e), mal aéré(e)
It's really stuffy in here
BUT On étouffe ici.

[ideas] → vieux jeu inv; [person, institution] → vieux jeu inv

(= bunged up) [nose] → bouché(e), pris(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stuffy

adj (+er)

room, atmosphere → stickig, dumpf; it’s a bit stuffy in here → es ist etwas stickig hier drinnen

(= narrow-minded) → spießig; (= prudish) → prüde, zimperlich

(= stiff) → steif; atmosphere → gezwungen, steif; (= dull) → langweilig, öde, fad

(= blocked) nose → verstopft

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stuffy

[ˈstʌfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (room) → mal ventilato/a, senz'aria
it's terribly stuffy in here → qui non si respira
it smells stuffy → c'è odore di chiuso

b. (ideas) → antiquato/a, arretrato/a; (person) → all'antica

stuffy

(ˈstafi) adjective

1. (of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air. Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?

2. formal and dull. Must we visit those stuffy people?

ˈstuffily adverb

ˈstuffiness noun

stuffy

→ مُتَغَطْرِس nudný gammeldags stickig πνιγηρός viciado tunkkainen confiné formalan soffocante 風通しの悪い 답답한 bedompt innestengt duszny limitado спертый kvav หัวโบราณ havasız cổ hủ 乏味的

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