stuffy

stuff·y  (stf)

adj. stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est

1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.

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

3.

a. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.

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

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stuffi·ly adv.

stuffi·ness n.

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stuffy [ˈstʌfɪ]

adj stuffier, stuffiest

1. lacking fresh air

2. excessively dull, staid, or conventional

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus

stuffily  adv

stuffiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	stuffy - lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" airless, unaired, close unventilated - not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms"
	2.	stuffy - 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" stodgy conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
	3.	stuffy - affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest" obstructed - shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice"

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stuffy

adjective

1. (Informal) staid, conventional, dull, old-fashioned, deadly, dreary, pompous, formal, prim, stilted, musty, stodgy, uninteresting, humourless, fusty, strait-laced, priggish, as dry as dust, old-fogeyish, niminy-piminy, prim and proper stuffy attitudes

2. airless, stifling, oppressive, close, heavy, stale, suffocating, sultry, fetid, muggy, unventilated, fuggy, frowsty It was hot and stuffy in the classroom.
airless fresh, cool, airy, breezy, pleasant, draughty, gusty, well-ventilated

3. blocked, congested, stuffed up, bunged up Aromatic capsules are great for easing the discomfort of a stuffy nose.

Translations

stuffy [ˈstʌfɪ] ADJ (stuffier (compar) (stuffiest (superl)))

1. [room] → mal ventilado; [atmosphere] → cargado, sofocante
it's stuffy in here → aquí huele a cerrado → el ambiente está un poco cargado aquí

2. [person] (= narrow-minded) → remilgado, de miras estrechas; (= prudish) → remilgado; (= stiff, starchy) → tieso; (= dull, boring) → pesado, poco interesante

3. (= congested) [nose] → taponado, atascado
I've got a stuffy nose → tengo la nariz taponada or atascada

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stuffy [ˈstʌfi] adj

[room] → mal ventilé(e), mal aéré(e)
It's really stuffy in here
BUT On étouffe ici.

[ideas] → vieux jeu inv; [person, institution] → vieux jeu inv

(= bunged up) [nose] → bouché(e), pris(e)

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stuffy

adj (+er)

room, atmosphere → stickig, dumpf; it’s a bit stuffy in here → es ist etwas stickig hier drinnen

(= narrow-minded) → spießig; (= prudish) → prüde, zimperlich

(= stiff) → steif; atmosphere → gezwungen, steif; (= dull) → langweilig, öde, fad

(= blocked) nose → verstopft

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stuffy [ˈstʌfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (room) → mal ventilato/a, senz'aria
it's terribly stuffy in here → qui non si respira
it smells stuffy → c'è odore di chiuso

b. (ideas) → antiquato/a, arretrato/a; (person) → all'antica

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stuffy [ˈstʌfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (room) → mal ventilato/a, senz'aria
it's terribly stuffy in here → qui non si respira
it smells stuffy → c'è odore di chiuso

b. (ideas) → antiquato/a, arretrato/a; (person) → all'antica

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stuffy

adj stuffy [ˈstafi]

1 (of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day? bedompig خانِق، فاسِد الهَواء непроветрен dusný indelukket stickig πνιγηρός, αποπνικτικός cargado, mal ventilado umbne دم كرده tunkkainen mal aéré מַחֲנִיק दमघोंटू, दम घोंटने वाला zagušljiv, sparan fülledt pengap loftlaus; mollulegur soffocante 風通しの悪い 무더운, 숨믹히는 tvankus sasmacis (gaiss); piesmacis; smacīgs pengap bedompt innestengt, med dårlig luft duszny abafado neaerisit душный dusný zadušljiv zagušljiv instängd, kvav อบอ้าว havasız ve sıcak 悶熱 не провітрений; душний حبس دار ngột ngạt 闷热

2 formal and dull Must we visit those stuffy people? vervelig, formeel, vaal, saai باهِت ورَسْمي، خامِل превзет nudný formel; forstokket langweilig στενοκέφαλος, συντηρητικός, βαρετός estirado; remilgado juhm, tuim رسمي و خشك tylsä collet monté “יַבֵש” अनुदार, असंतुष्ट, नाराज formalan begyöpösödött fejű membosankan stífur, formlegur, leiðinlegur ottuso もったいがった 케켸묵은 nuobodus garlaicīgs; stīvs membosankan duf stiv, formell nudny, nadęty enfadonho de modă veche скучный nudný dolgočasen dosadan inskränkt, gammaldags, träig ซึ่งอยู่ในกรอบประเพณี aşırı resmî, kendini beğenmiş 固步自封的 нудний, нецікавий کبیدہ خاطر câu nệ, nghiêm nghị 固步自封的

adv stuffily

bedompig بِخُمول، بصورةٍ خانِقَه превзето dusně formelt; forstokket stickig αποπνικτικά, συντηρητικά de manera estirada; con remilgos juhmilt بطور خفه tylsästi de manière étouffante בְּצוּרָה שַׁמרָנִית अनुदारतापूर्वक zagušljivo secara membosankan mollulega; teprulega (in modo soffocante) 風通しが悪く 딱딱하게, 지루하게 nuobodžiai garlaicīgi; oficiāli; stīvi dengan membosankan duf stivt, formelt, snerpet duszno de modo enfadonho într-o manieră sufocantă душно dusno zadušljivo zagušljivo inskränkt, gammaldags, träigt อย่างที่อากาศไม่ถ่ายเท havasız bir şekilde 自以為是地；悶熱地 душно دم گھٹتے ہوءے ngột ngạt, nghiêm nghị 自以为是地；闷热地

n stuffiness

bedompigheid إخْتِناق الجَو في الغُرْفَه тесногръдие špatný vzduch snerpethed; indelukkethed die Stickigkeit αποπνικτικότητα, στενοκεφαλιά mala ventilación, ambiente cargado; carácter estirado/remilgado juhmus خفگي tylsyys manque d'air שַמרָנוּת दमघोंटपन, अनुदारता nabijenost, zagušljivost fülledtség, dohosság sifat membosankan loftleysi (mancanza d'aria fresca) 風通しの悪さ 딱딱함, 지루함 tvankuma, nuobodumas smacīgums; garlaicīgums kebosanan dufheid snerpethet, innestengthet zaduch bafio lipsă de aer духота zlý vzduch zadušljivost; natlačenost zagušljivost instängdhet, inskränkthet การที่อากาศไม่ถ่ายเท havasızlık 悶熱 духота; спертість گھٹن sư ngột ngạt, sự nghiêm nghị 闷热

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stuffy → غاضب vydýchaný proppet stickig πνιγηρός viciado tunkkainen confiné zagušljiv soffocante 風通しの悪い 답답한 bedompt innestengt duszny abafado спертый kvav อากาศไม่ถ่ายเท havasız ngột ngạt 乏味的