stuffy
/ˈstʌfi/ adjective C1- 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.
- Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.
- Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
- Angry and obstinate; sulky.
- Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional. · The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.
Comparative stuffier · Superlative stuffiest
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Wickham was as far beyond them all in person, countenance, air, and walk, as _they_ were superior to the broad-faced stuffy uncle Philips, breathing port wine, who followed them into the room.
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