stuffy

stuffy

See also: stuffie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstʌfi/
• Rhymes: -ʌfi

Adjective

stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)

1. 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.

2. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
3. (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
4. Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.

   The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

5. (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.

Derived terms

• stuffily
• stuffiness

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)

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

Alternative forms

• stuffie

Translations

stuffed toy — see soft toy