Stuffy
adjective
Lacking fresh air.
The room was small and stuffy
Often appears as...
- stuffy room
- stuffy air
adjective
Showing no new or exciting ideas.
She detected a stuffy, sexist attitude among her colleagues
Often appears as...
- stuffy ideas
- stuffy attitude
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having a blocked nose.
I have a stuffy nose due to cold
Often appears as...
- stuffy nose
- stuffy head
adjective
Lacking fresh air.
The room was small and stuffy
Often appears as...
- stuffy room
- stuffy air
adjective
Showing no new or exciting ideas.
She detected a stuffy, sexist attitude among her colleagues
Often appears as...
- stuffy ideas
- stuffy attitude
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having a blocked nose.
I have a stuffy nose due to cold
Often appears as...
- stuffy nose
- stuffy head
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Stuffy often suggests discomfort or an urge to leave a poorly ventilated area.
The conference hall was so stuffy I needed to step outside for air.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Perception
Stuffy does not strictly measure air quality; it can also reflect a personal feeling of suffocation.
Even with the window open, she found the room stuffy.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Stuffy can be used metaphorically to suggest a place is dull or uninspiring.
The museum felt stuffy and old, in serious need of an update.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Stuffy often suggests discomfort or an urge to leave a poorly ventilated area.
The conference hall was so stuffy I needed to step outside for air.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Perception
Stuffy does not strictly measure air quality; it can also reflect a personal feeling of suffocation.
Even with the window open, she found the room stuffy.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Stuffy can be used metaphorically to suggest a place is dull or uninspiring.
The museum felt stuffy and old, in serious need of an update.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Stuffy often suggests discomfort or an urge to leave a poorly ventilated area.
The conference hall was so stuffy I needed to step outside for air.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Perception
Stuffy does not strictly measure air quality; it can also reflect a personal feeling of suffocation.
Even with the window open, she found the room stuffy.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Stuffy can be used metaphorically to suggest a place is dull or uninspiring.
The museum felt stuffy and old, in serious need of an update.
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Metal that breathes PIPE...
I basically had to roll down the window. It was usually too hot, too stuffy or just too smelly, and my father would not let us use the air conditioner. He said that it would overheat the engine. And you might remember, some of you, how the cars were back then, and it was
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Meet global corruption's...
and it was a slightly crazy place so I'm sitting in a hot and very stuffy hotel room feeling just totally overwhelmed but it wasn't about blood diamonds because I'd been speaking to lots of people there who will they talked about a different problem that of a massive
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
house to eleanor roosevelt to make the public aware that an era and rights for women in general had not been fully achieved by the achievement of suffrage amelia's friendship with eleanor roosevelt was legendary in 1933 amelia reportedly cut short a stuffy
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Charmian Gooch: Meet...
And it was a slightly crazy place. So I'm sitting in a hot and very stuffy hotel room feeling just totally overwhelmed. But it wasn't about blood diamonds. Because I'd been speaking to lots of people there who, well, they talked about a different
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The ethical dilemma of...
And let's say we went the sort of traditional route, and there's our kid swinging on the swing, and frankly, they're kind of a mess. Their hair is all over the place like mine. They have a stuffy nose. They're not the best student in the world.
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Why being respectful to...
It's all in the eyes of the beholder and whether that person felt disrespected. We may not mean to make someone feel that way, but when we do, it has consequences. Over 22 years ago, I vividly recall walking into this stuffy hospital room.
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Talithia Williams: Own...
to try to relieve his stuffy nose, to no avail. And so, that night he comes and he wakes me up and he says, "Honey, I can't breath out of my nose." And I roll over and I look, and I said, "Well, can you breath out of your mouth?"
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Amanda Williams: Why I...
of something I would later come to know is called color theory. I can remember being pretty intimidated by this term in college -- color theory. All these stuffy old white guys with their treatises
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James Forbes: Compassion...
We thought he must be out of his mind. This is our time. This is intimate time. This is when we can just be who we are, and now we have this stuffy brother
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Halfway Clean PIPE Yukon...
a little bit find stuffy or just speckles in theory there's spots all over the place that usually we don't see it at all yeah
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Metal that breathes PIPE...
I basically had to roll down the window. It was usually too hot, too stuffy or just too smelly, and my father would not let us use the air conditioner. He said that it would overheat the engine. And you might remember, some of you, how the cars were back then, and it was
Video examples
Meet global corruption's...
and it was a slightly crazy place so I'm sitting in a hot and very stuffy hotel room feeling just totally overwhelmed but it wasn't about blood diamonds because I'd been speaking to lots of people there who will they talked about a different problem that of a massive
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part II:...
house to eleanor roosevelt to make the public aware that an era and rights for women in general had not been fully achieved by the achievement of suffrage amelia's friendship with eleanor roosevelt was legendary in 1933 amelia reportedly cut short a stuffy
Video examples
Charmian Gooch: Meet...
And it was a slightly crazy place. So I'm sitting in a hot and very stuffy hotel room feeling just totally overwhelmed. But it wasn't about blood diamonds. Because I'd been speaking to lots of people there who, well, they talked about a different
Video examples
The ethical dilemma of...
And let's say we went the sort of traditional route, and there's our kid swinging on the swing, and frankly, they're kind of a mess. Their hair is all over the place like mine. They have a stuffy nose. They're not the best student in the world.
Video examples
Why being respectful to...
It's all in the eyes of the beholder and whether that person felt disrespected. We may not mean to make someone feel that way, but when we do, it has consequences. Over 22 years ago, I vividly recall walking into this stuffy hospital room.
Video examples
Talithia Williams: Own...
to try to relieve his stuffy nose, to no avail. And so, that night he comes and he wakes me up and he says, "Honey, I can't breath out of my nose." And I roll over and I look, and I said, "Well, can you breath out of your mouth?"
Video examples
Amanda Williams: Why I...
of something I would later come to know is called color theory. I can remember being pretty intimidated by this term in college -- color theory. All these stuffy old white guys with their treatises
Video examples
James Forbes: Compassion...
We thought he must be out of his mind. This is our time. This is intimate time. This is when we can just be who we are, and now we have this stuffy brother
Video examples
Halfway Clean PIPE Yukon...
a little bit find stuffy or just speckles in theory there's spots all over the place that usually we don't see it at all yeah
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Quote examples
Nicholas Haslam
English Designer
Vanity is not having facelifts if you're ugly. Those people who say: 'Oh, I'd never dream of having anything done!' That's rude. It's rude, to other people, to not try and look your best; to not try and stir things up, to not reinvent... or just invent... it's one's duty to not get stuffy.
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Glenn Kelman
American Businessman
I think companies psych themselves out and say, 'Now that we're public, we've got to get all stuffy. We've got to be a certain way,' and the entrepreneurial spirit dies. What you got to keep alive is the intimacy, the energy, this crazed sense of purpose.
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Kristin Gore
American Author
You think about D.C. as a boring stuffy place. That's kind of its image. But if you grow up in that, you see all these energetic, fun people and crazy stuff that happens behind the scenes that no one knows about.
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Paige Spiranac
American Athlete
Golf is elitist, it's stuffy, it's exclusive and I hate that because I am not that and I was never welcomed in and I'm still not welcomed in.
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Aleksey Igudesman
Russian Musician
Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.
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Andy Daly
American Actor
I love to play characters who are stuffy and nerdy who either then have a dark side or are pushed to a breaking point.
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Tony Rock
American Actor
Regular people laugh harder. Industry people are stuffy, very judgmental.
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Emily Blunt
British Actress
A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.
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Justin Peck
American Dancer
I think ballet has a bad reputation of being stuffy and depleted.
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Peter Falk
American Actor
I'm secretly very stuffy.
Quote examples
Nicholas Haslam
English Designer
Vanity is not having facelifts if you're ugly. Those people who say: 'Oh, I'd never dream of having anything done!' That's rude. It's rude, to other people, to not try and look your best; to not try and stir things up, to not reinvent... or just invent... it's one's duty to not get stuffy.
Quote examples
Glenn Kelman
American Businessman
I think companies psych themselves out and say, 'Now that we're public, we've got to get all stuffy. We've got to be a certain way,' and the entrepreneurial spirit dies. What you got to keep alive is the intimacy, the energy, this crazed sense of purpose.
Quote examples
Kristin Gore
American Author
You think about D.C. as a boring stuffy place. That's kind of its image. But if you grow up in that, you see all these energetic, fun people and crazy stuff that happens behind the scenes that no one knows about.
Quote examples
Paige Spiranac
American Athlete
Golf is elitist, it's stuffy, it's exclusive and I hate that because I am not that and I was never welcomed in and I'm still not welcomed in.
Quote examples
Aleksey Igudesman
Russian Musician
Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.
Quote examples
Andy Daly
American Actor
I love to play characters who are stuffy and nerdy who either then have a dark side or are pushed to a breaking point.
Quote examples
Tony Rock
American Actor
Regular people laugh harder. Industry people are stuffy, very judgmental.
Quote examples
Emily Blunt
British Actress
A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.
Quote examples
Justin Peck
American Dancer
I think ballet has a bad reputation of being stuffy and depleted.
Quote examples
Peter Falk
American Actor
I'm secretly very stuffy.
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