stuffy
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2.7
- adjective
- /ˈstʌfi/
:
con poca ventilación
- After a long meeting in the stuffy conference room, we finally stepped outside for fresh air.
If you're on a plane that's quite stuffy or you feel like your skin's really drying up, this is great and somehow always stays cool, which I really like.
- If you're on a plane that's quite stuffy or you feel like your skin's really drying up, this is great and somehow always stays cool, which I really like.
Examples
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It was stuffy in my room.
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The air was stuffy and smelled of the concentrated sweetness of flowers that have begun to wilt.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's a little stuffy in here right now.
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It's just a bit stuffy in here.
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Why do you keep it so stuffy in here?
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It's rather stuffy in here.
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The windows were wide open, but the room felt hot and stuffy anyway.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's as though a window had been thrown open and a lovely breeze swept through this stuffy old house.
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Nora's car is stuffy and hot from sitting in the sun.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's too stuffy in this room; we need to open a window.
Synonyms
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3.4
Too warm and without fresh air
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3.9
A stale, slightly damp smell like old things kept without fresh air
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3.5
A little damp, slightly sticky, and cool in a way that feels unpleasant
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2.6
Warm, sticky air that feels wet and uncomfortable
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3.2
Full of steam or covered in mist
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5.3
Very hot and humid in an uncomfortable way
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4.9
A room or building with little fresh air that feels stuffy
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5.1
Making it hard to breathe because the air is hot, close, or not fresh
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6.3
A room with no fresh air moving in
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6.7
Thick hot air that makes it hard to breathe
Too closed to let in fresh air
Warm and stuffy because there is little fresh air
Having a stale, stuffy smell as if it has not been aired
Smelling stale and unpleasant because the air is closed and still
Hot, humid air that feels close and stuffy
A very hot and humid feeling that makes you uncomfortable
Antonyms
Compounds
How Stuffy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stuffy comes from stuff which means 'to fill'. When a room is 'filled' with people or warm air there is little fresh air, so stuffy means lacking fresh air and unpleasant to breathe.