"stuffy" meaning in English

See stuffy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstʌfi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stuffy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stuffier [comparative], stuffiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌfi Etymology: From stuff + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|stuff|y|id2=adjectival}} stuff + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)
  1. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged. Synonyms: fusty Translations (poorly ventilated): տոթ (totʿ) (Armenian), тынсыу (tınsıw) (Bashkir), заду'шен (zadu'šen) (Bulgarian), непроветрен (neprovetren) (Bulgarian), (guk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), muf (Dutch), bedompt (Dutch), benauwd (Dutch), tunkkainen (Finnish), mal aéré (French), étouffant (French), bouché (english: nose) (French), stickig (German), verstopfte (english: nose) (German), chiuso (english: nose) (Italian), за́душен (zádušen) (Macedonian), непро́ветрен (nepróvetren) (Macedonian), за́душлив (zádušliv) (Macedonian), haitutu (Maori), enj (Plautdietsch), entupido (english: nose) (Portuguese), estufado (Portuguese), ду́шный (dúšnyj) (english: air) (Russian), спёртый (spjórtyj) (Russian), зало́женный (zalóžennyj) (english: nose) (Russian), заби́тый (zabítyj) (Russian), mal ventilado (Spanish), congestionado (Spanish), taponado (Spanish), stofant (same use "fé stofant") [neuter] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-stuffy-en-adj-aYVkXI2P Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 6 10 5 10 26 28 Disambiguation of 'poorly ventilated': 74 3 7 2 5 8
  2. Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation. Synonyms: oppressive
    Sense id: en-stuffy-en-adj-9fQuXpFS
  3. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. Translations (stout; mettlesome; resolute): päättäväinen (Finnish), реши́телен (rešítelen) (Macedonian), brioso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stuffy-en-adj-MGKlaBt8 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 6 10 5 10 26 28 Disambiguation of 'stout; mettlesome; resolute': 3 1 62 4 2 28
  4. (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky. Tags: US Translations (angry and obstinate; sulky): murjottava (Finnish), fâché (French), en rogne (French), на́муртен (námurten) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-stuffy-en-adj-4lMrWaak Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'angry and obstinate; sulky': 1 0 5 90 2 2
  5. Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-stuffy-en-adj-r5yuSVIR Disambiguation of Personality: 12 2 5 25 38 6 12 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 6 10 5 10 26 28
  6. (Scotland) Stout; sturdy. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-stuffy-en-adj-rs4p~4yo Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 6 10 5 10 26 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stuffily, stuffiness Related terms: stuffed shirt

Noun

IPA: /ˈstʌfi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stuffy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stuffies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌfi Etymology: From stuff + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|stuff|y|id2=adjectival}} stuff + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} stuffy (plural stuffies)
  1. (US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) Synonym of stuffed toy Tags: Canada, US, childish, colloquial, often Categories (topical): Toys Synonyms: stuffed toy [synonym, synonym-of], stuffie
    Sense id: en-stuffy-en-noun-OnsMDQ-E Disambiguation of Toys: 17 2 10 6 12 11 42 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 12 5 12 16 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 6 10 5 10 26 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 14 6 13 10 11 17 29

Inflected forms

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        "Stout; sturdy."
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        "(Scotland) Stout; sturdy."
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      "ipa": "/ˈstʌfi/"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "totʿ",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "տոթ"
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tınsıw",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "тынсыу"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadu'šen",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "заду'шен"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neprovetren",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "непроветрен"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "guk⁶",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "焗"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "muf"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "bedompt"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "benauwd"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "tunkkainen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "mal aéré"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "étouffant"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "nose",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "bouché"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "stickig"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "nose",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "verstopfte"
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      "code": "it",
      "english": "nose",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "chiuso"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "word": "за́душен"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
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      "word": "haitutu"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "enj"
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      "code": "pt",
      "english": "nose",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "entupido"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "estufado"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "air",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "ду́шный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "спёртый"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "nose",
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      "roman": "zalóžennyj",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "зало́женный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zabítyj",
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      "word": "заби́тый"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "mal ventilado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "congestionado"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "poorly ventilated",
      "word": "taponado"
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "note": "stof (in verbal expression \"fé stof\" to get stuffy)",
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    },
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      "code": "wa",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "stout; mettlesome; resolute",
      "word": "päättäväinen"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rešítelen",
      "sense": "stout; mettlesome; resolute",
      "word": "реши́телен"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stout; mettlesome; resolute",
      "word": "brioso"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "angry and obstinate; sulky",
      "word": "murjottava"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "angry and obstinate; sulky",
      "word": "fâché"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "angry and obstinate; sulky",
      "word": "en rogne"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "námurten",
      "sense": "angry and obstinate; sulky",
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}

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