stuffy
[ stuhf-ee ]
/ ˈstʌf i /
adjective, stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est.
RELATED CONTENT
Lexical Investigations: StuffAs a noun and a verb, the word stuff has had many lives, dating all the way back to the 1300s. The sense of wool and cloth is chiefly British. In the nineteenth century, a junior barrister was called a “stuff gownsman,” because his robes were made of wool, unlike a barrister appointed to the Queen’s Council, who was called a “silk gownsman,” and whose promotion …
RELATED WORDS
airless, stifling, stale, humid, stodgy, musty, dreary, staid, genteel, self-important, pompous, arrogant, humorless, breathless, confined, fetid, heavy, muggy, stagnant, sultry
Nearby words
- stuffer,
- stuffing,
- stuffing and stripping,
- stuffing box,
- stuffing nut,
- stuiver,
- stuka,
- stukkend,
- stull,
- stultify
Origin of stuffy
SYNONYMS FOR stuffy
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for stuffy
stuffy
/ (ˈstʌfɪ) /
adjective stuffier or stuffiest
lacking fresh air
excessively dull, staid, or conventional
(of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
stuffy
"poorly ventilated," 1831, from stuff (n.) + -y (2). Sense of "pompous, smug" is from 1895. Related: Stuffily; stuffiness.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper