stuffy
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- airless, close, frowsty, heavy, muggy, oppressive, stale, stifling, sultry, unventilated
- staid, dreary, dull, pompous, priggish, prim, stodgy

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Contrasted words: airy, breezy, open, ventilated, bracing, invigorating, refreshing, stimulating
Related Words: heavy, oppressive, thick, stagnant, shut-up, unventilated, dull, humdrum, stodgy, hidebound, illiberal, narrow, narrow-minded

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stuff‧y /ˈstʌfi/ adjective

1. a room or building that is stuffy does not have enough fresh air in it:
It’s getting stuffy in here – do you mind if I open the window?

2. people, occasions, or places that are stuffy are too formal and old-fashioned – used to show disapproval:
Their wedding was stuffy and formal.
a stuffy old family
—stuffiness noun [uncountable]:
the stuffiness of the room

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