stuffy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction

   a stuffy feeling in my chest

2. 2
   adj

   Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

   I can’t smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.

3. 3
   adj

   Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.

   Abby Jimenez Like my life was a stuffy room, and you’re the breeze that came in when the window opened.

4. 4
   adj

   Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.

   The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

5. 5
   adj

   excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull

6. 6
   adj

   lacking fresh air

7. 7
   adj

   Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

8. 8
   adj

   Angry and obstinate; sulky.

Etymology

From stuff + -y.