stuffy.
Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
Meaning & usage
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.
Stout; sturdy.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English stuff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English stuffy From stuff + -y.
Synonym of stuffed toy.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English stuff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English stuffy From stuff + -y.
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