stuffy

See also: stuffie

English

Etymology

From stuff +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstʌfi/
• Rhymes: -ʌfi

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Adjective

stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)

1. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

   Synonym: fusty

   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.

   Synonym: oppressive

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

   Abby Jimenez

3. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
4. (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
5. Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.

   The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

6. (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.

Derived terms

• stuffily
• stuffiness

Related terms

• stuffed shirt

Translations

poorly ventilated

• Armenian: տոթ (hy) (totʻ)
• Bashkir: тынсыу (tınsıw)
• Bulgarian: заду'шен (zadu'šen), непроветрен (bg) (neprovetren)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 焗 (guk⁶)

• Dutch: muf (nl), bedompt (nl), benauwd (nl)
• Finnish: tunkkainen (fi)
• French: mal aéré, étouffant (fr), bouché (fr) (nose)
• German: stickig (de), verstopfte (de) (nose)
• Italian: chiuso (it) (nose)
• Macedonian: за́душен (zádušen), непро́ветрен (nepróvetren), за́душлив (zádušliv)
• Maori: haitutu
• Plautdietsch: enj
• Portuguese: entupido (pt) (nose), estufado (pt)
• Russian: (air) ду́шный (ru) (dúšnyj), спёртый (ru) (spjórtyj); (nose) зало́женный (ru) (zalóžennyj), заби́тый (ru) (zabítyj)
• Spanish: mal ventilado, congestionado (es), taponado (es)
• Walloon: stof (wa) (in verbal expression "fé stof" to get stuffy), stofant n (same use "fé stofant")

stout; mettlesome; resolute

• Finnish: päättäväinen (fi)
• Macedonian: реши́телен (rešítelen)
• Spanish: brioso (es)

angry and obstinate; sulky

• Finnish: murjottava (fi)
• French: fâché (fr), en rogne (fr)
• Macedonian: на́муртен (námurten)

Noun

stuffy (plural stuffies)

1. (US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) Synonym of stuffed toy

Alternative forms

• stuffie

Translations

stuffed toy — see soft toy