Stuffy

/ˈstʌfi/

Synonyms for "stuffy" (299 found)

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Closest matches (60)

Adjective(6 words)

airless stodgy blocked claustrophobic close congested

accordant airless anal arid arrogant authoritarian bad bad-smelling barren bigot bigoted blah blank bloated bloodless bombastic borne bourgeois breathless breezeless

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cantankerous censorious ceremonious characterless close closedclosed mindedcold colorless compulsive concordant conformist constricted contrary conventional corresponding cramped creedboundcross grainedcross-grained dead deafdeaf to reasondecorous demure difficult dismal draggy drearisome dreary dry

Adjective(1 words)

boring

Verb(2 words)

bunged clogged

Strong matches (90)

dryasdust dull dusty earthbound effete elephantine empty etiolated fade fanatical fecal fetid flat flatulent fogyish formal formalistic foul froward frowsty

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frowsy frowy frowzyfuddy duddyfuddy-duddy fulsome funky fusty gamy gassy genteel grandiloquent graveolent harmonious heavy hidebound highho humho-hum hollow humdrum humid ill-smelling ill-ventilated illiberal impersonal importantin accordin keepingin linein stepinane inexcitable infecund infertile inflated insipid insular intolerant irascible jejune kosher leaden lifeless literalliteral mindedlittlelittle mindedlittle-mindedlow spiritedlow-spirited magisterial malodorous mean mean-minded mean-spirited mephitic miasmal miasmicmid victorianmid-victorian mildewed mildewy modest moldy mouldy muggy

Adjective(3 words)

formal fuggy fustier

Related words (149)

mundane musty narrownarrow gaugenarrow mindednarrow-hearted narrow-minded narrow-souled narrow-spirited nearsighted nidorous noisome noxious odorous offensiveold fogyold-fashioned old-fogy old-fogyish old-maidish

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olid oppressive ornery orthodox overmodest pale pallid parochial pedantic pedestrian perverse petty plastic plodding pointless poky pompous ponderous pontifical precise precisianistic prig priggish prim prissy proper prosaic prosing prosy proud provincial prudish puffy purblind puritan puritanical putrid quakerish rancid rankravaged with agereasty reasy reechy reeking reeky repulsive rigid rotten sanctimonious self-important senile shortsighted slow smallsmall mindedsmall-minded smellful smelling smelly smug solemn spiritless square stagnant staid stale stenchy sterile sticky stiffstiff neckedstiff-necked stifling stilted stinking stodgy stolid straight strait-laced straitlaced strong suffocating sulfurous sulky sullen sultry supercilious superficial sweltering swollen tasteless tedious thick traditionalist tumid turgid uncatholic uncharitable unfanciful ungenerous unideal unimaginative uninspired uninventive unliberal unlively unoriginal unpoetic unpoetical unromantic unromanticized unvented unventilated uptight vapid victorian vile wayward windless wooden wrongheaded

Adjective(6 words)

nasal prim stifling stilted stodgier unaired

Noun(1 words)

snuffling

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

air qualitybehavioral traitenvironmental conditionmedical symptomphysiological statesocial attitude

More specific

6 entries

airless roomformal dressnasal congestionnasal obstructionstiff demeanorstifling heat

Collocations

6 entries

stuffy atmospherestuffy demeanorstuffy etiquettestuffy formalitiesstuffy nosestuffy room

Inflections

2 entries

stuffier stuffiest

Derivations

2 entries

stuffily stuffiness

similar

3 entries

conventional obstructed unventilated

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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This room is very stuffy.

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It's very stuffy in here.

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It was very stuffy in that room with all the windows closed.

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Will you open the window and air out this stuffy room?

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