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stuffy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stodgy |
| Derivation | stuffiness |
stuffy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | stuffiness |
a stuffy feeling in my chest.
Examples of stuffy
stuffy
Even at stuffy old Wimbledon, technology has been used on line calls since 2006.
From the thenewstribune.com
He epitomised old values, country, family, faith, without being stuffy about it.
From the economist.com
A few days ago, in the afternoon, I had a stuffy head and a tickle in my throat.
From the sfgate.com
Hokianga is an antidote to all that is stuffy and conventional and middle class.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Sometimes they are too stuffy but you can find quality items at a cheaper price.
From the yallsjoynt.com
My vision was blurry, my head was stuffy and I had the beginnings of the chills.
From the sfgate.com
As for Jackson himself, he's not exactly the stuffy guy we see on the $20 bill.
From the abcnews.go.com
It's 100 percent business, but it doesn't have that stuffy business atmosphere.
From the delawareonline.com
All the while the air was so stuffy, some students drooped like hothouse flowers.
From the thenewstribune.com
- Airless: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
- Stodgy: excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"
- Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest"
- (stuffily) in a stuffy manner; "`Come in please,' he said stuffily"
- Stout; mettlesome; resolute; Angry and obstinate; sulky; Poorly-ventilated; close
- What a brass instrument is that offers too much resistance to air flow, see Free Blowing. Excessive stuffiness in school sousaphones is usually the result of large foreign objects being placed inside.
- Definition 1. describing an atmosphere that lacks the free flow of air; stagnant. May be marked by an odor, usually of unknowable origin. Implies the presence of germs. May be dangerous to the sustaining of life; uninhabitable.
