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stuffy

/ˈstʌfi/ adjetivo C1

En español: mal ventilado, congestionado, taponado, viciado

  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. Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.
  3. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
  4. Angry and obstinate; sulky. (US)
  5. Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional. · The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

Comparativo stuffier · Superlativo 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.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 84 · B2

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