stuffy

stuffy
[[t]stʌ̱fi[/t]]
stuffier, stuffiest
1) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old-fashioned.

Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?

...a firm of lawyers in Lincoln's Inn, immensely stuffy and respectable.

...stuffy attitudes.

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2) ADJ-GRADED If it is stuffy in a place, it is unpleasantly warm and there is not enough fresh air.

It was hot and stuffy in the classroom even though two of the windows at the back had been opened.

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3) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked, usually because you have a cold.

Aromatic capsules are great for easing the discomfort of a stuffy nose.

Syn:
bunged up
Derived words:
stuffiness N-UNCOUNT

Peppermint leaves are believed to relieve tiredness and nasal stuffiness.


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