Adjective: stuffy (stuffier,stuffiest) stú-fee
- Lacking fresh air
"hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke";
- airless, close, unaired
- Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
"a stuffy feeling in my chest"
- Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
"why is the middle class so stuffy, so utterly without a sense of humour?";
- stodgy, staid
Derived forms: stuffier, stuffiest
See also: button-down, buttoned-down [US, informal], conservative, conventional, obstructed, unventilated
Encyclopedia: Stuffy