stuffy

See also: stuffie

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstʌfi/
Rhymes: -ʌfi

Adjective

stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)

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.
Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
(US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.
(Scotland) Stout; sturdy.

Derived terms

Related terms

stuffed shirt

Translations

poorly ventilated

Armenian: տոթ (hy) (totʿ)
Bashkir: тынсыу (tïnsïw)
Dutch: muf (nl), bedompt (nl), benauwd (nl)
Finnish: tunkkainen (fi)
French: mal aéré, étouffant (fr), bouché (fr) (nose)
German: stickig (de), verstopfte (de) (nose)

Italian: chiuso (it) (nose)
Maori: haitutu
Portuguese: entupido (pt) (nose)
Russian: (air) ду́шный (ru) (dúšnyj), спёртый (ru) (spjórtyj); (nose) зало́женный (ru) (zalóžennyj), заби́тый (ru) (zabítyj)
Spanish: mal ventilado, congestionado (es), taponado (es)
Walloon: stof (wa) (in verbal expression "fé stof" to get stuffy), stofant n (same use "fé stofant")

stout; mettlesome; resolute

Finnish: päättäväinen (fi)

Spanish: brioso (es) m

angry and obstinate; sulky

Finnish: murjottava (fi)

French: fâché (fr), en rogne

Noun

stuffy (plural stuffies)

(US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) Synonym of stuffed toy

Alternative forms

stuffie

Translations

stuffed toy — see soft toy

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