This room is very stuffy.
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Stuffy
//ˈstʌfi//
Synonyms for "stuffy" (307 found)
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dustyearthboundeffeteelephantineemptyetiolatedfadefanaticalfecalfetidflatflatulentfogyishformalformalisticfoulfrowardfrowstyfrowsyfrowy
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narrow mindednarrow-heartednarrow-mindednarrow-soulednarrow-spiritednearsightednidorousnoisomenoxiousobstructedodorousoffensiveold fogyold-fashionedold-fogyold-fogyishold-maidisholidoppressiveornery
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Adjective(10 words)
Noun(2 words)
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2 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- տոթ adj (poorly ventilated)
Bashkir
1 entries- тынсыу adj (poorly ventilated)
Bulgarian
2 entries- заду'шен adj (poorly ventilated)
- непроветрен adj (poorly ventilated)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 焗 adj (poorly ventilated)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 悶 /闷 adj (poorly ventilated)
Dutch
3 entries- bedompt adj (poorly ventilated)
- benauwd adj (poorly ventilated)
- muf adj (poorly ventilated)
Finnish
3 entries- murjottava adj (angry and obstinate; sulky)
- päättäväinen adj (stout; mettlesome; resolute)
- tunkkainen adj (poorly ventilated)
French
4 entries- bouché adj (poorly ventilated)
- en rogne adj (angry and obstinate; sulky)
- fâché adj (angry and obstinate; sulky)
- mal aéré adj (poorly ventilated)
German
2 entries- stickig adj (poorly ventilated)
- verstopfte adj (poorly ventilated)
Italian
1 entries- chiuso adj (poorly ventilated)
Korean
1 entries- 답답하다 adj (poorly ventilated)
Macedonian
4 entries- за́душен adj (poorly ventilated)
- за́душлив adj (poorly ventilated)
- на́муртен adj (angry and obstinate; sulky)
- непро́ветрен adj (poorly ventilated)
Māori
1 entries- haitutu adj (poorly ventilated)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kvam adj (poorly ventilated)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- enj adj (poorly ventilated)
Polish
4 entries- duszny adj (poorly ventilated)
- naburmuszony adj (angry and obstinate; sulky)
- nadąsany adj (angry and obstinate; sulky)
- niezadowolony adj (angry and obstinate; sulky)
Portuguese
2 entries- entupido adj (poorly ventilated)
- estufado adj (poorly ventilated)
Russian
4 entries- ду́шный adj (poorly ventilated)
- заби́тый adj (poorly ventilated)
- зало́женный adj (poorly ventilated)
- спёртый adj (poorly ventilated)
Spanish
4 entries- brioso adj (stout; mettlesome; resolute)
- congestionado adj (poorly ventilated)
- mal ventilado adj (poorly ventilated)
- sofocante adj (poorly ventilated)
Walloon
1 entries- stofant (same use "fé stofant") adj (poorly ventilated)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
It's very stuffy in here.
Source: tatoeba (57884)
It was very stuffy in that room with all the windows closed.
Source: tatoeba (273719)
Will you open the window and air out this stuffy room?
Source: tatoeba (274218)
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