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stuffy adjective [ ˈstʌfi ]

• (of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation.
• "a stuffy, overcrowded office"
Similar: airless, close, muggy, sultry, heavy, musty, stale, frowzy, stifling, suffocating, oppressive, frowsty, claggy, fuggy,
Opposite: airy,
• (of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded.
• "he was steady and rather stuffy"
Similar: staid, sedate, sober, stiff, reserved, impersonal, formal, pompous, prim, priggish, fogeyish, strait-laced, conformist, conventional, conservative, old-fashioned, of the old school, stodgy, boring, dull, dreary, uninteresting, square, straight, starchy, fuddy-duddy, stick-in-the-mud, uptight,
Opposite: relaxed, informal, modern,


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