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stuffier

stuffier is the comparative form of stuffy.

Meaning of stuffy

Adjective

stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)

  1. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
    • I can’t smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
    Synonyms:
    fusty
  2. Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.
    • Abby Jimenez
      Like my life was a stuffy room, and you’re the breeze that came in when the window opened.
    Synonyms:
    oppressive
  3. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
  4. (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
  5. Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
    • The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.
  6. (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.

See all 7 meanings of stuffy

Questions about stuffier

What is stuffier the comparative form of?
Stuffier is the comparative form of stuffy.

Words near stuffier in the dictionary

  1. stuffers
  2. stuffes
  3. stuffest
  4. stuffeth
  5. stuffie
  6. stuffier
  7. stuffies
  8. stuffiest
  9. stuffily
  10. stuffin'
  11. stuffiness

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