stuff·y

(stŭf′ē)

adj. stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est

1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.

2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.

a. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.

b. Rigidly adhering to conventional standards; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" (Evelyn Waugh).

stuff′i·ly adv.

stuff′i·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	stuffiness - state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat congestion - excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
	2.	stuffiness - the quality of being close and poorly ventilated closeness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
	3.	stuffiness - dull and pompous gravity stodginess graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn

Translations

إخْتِناق الجَو في الغُرْفَه

špatný vzduch

indelukkethedsnerpethed

Stickigkeit

manque d'air

dohosság

loftleysi

l'essere viziato ristrettezza

zlý vzduch

havasızlık

闷热

stuffiness

[ˈstʌfɪnɪs] N

1. (in room) → mala ventilación f, falta f de aire

2. (fig) (= narrow-mindedness) → estrechez f de miras, remilgos mpl; (= starchiness) → lo estirado; (= prudishness) → remilgos mpl; (= dullness) → pesadez f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stuffiness

(of room, atmosphere) → Stickigkeit f, → Dumpfheit f

(of person, = narrow-mindedness) → Spießigkeit f; (= prudishness) → Prüderie f, → Zimperlichkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stuffiness

[ˈstʌfɪnɪs] n

a. (in room) → odore m di chiuso

b. (of person) → ristrettezza di idee; (of ideas) → arretratezza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stuffy

(ˈstafi) adjective

1. (of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air. Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?

2. formal and dull. Must we visit those stuffy people?

ˈstuffily adverb

ˈstuffiness noun

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I remember that the monstrous and grotesque idea crossed my mind--the illusion may have been heightened by the heavy stuffiness of the air which we were breathing--that we were in four front seats of the stalls at the last act of the drama of the world.

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Francis has sought to break the Catholic Church from its stuffiness and made a huge effort to address injustices and intolerance.

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