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- pronunciation:
- stuh
fi
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
stuffier, stuffiest |
| definition 1: |
having insufficient or stale air, as a room.
- synonyms:
- airless
- antonyms:
- airy
- similar words:
- close, muggy, musty, oppressive, stagnant, stale, stifling, suffocating
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| definition 2: |
having plugged nasal passages.
- similar words:
- congested
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| definition 3: |
dull, pretentious, or excessively formal or conservative.
a stuffy partya stuffy person- antonyms:
- laid-back
- similar words:
- dull, fusty, insipid, musty, pompous, pretentious, prim, staid, stiff, stodgy
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| related words: |
formal, muggy, musty, prim, stale, stiff |
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| derivations: |
stuffily (adv.), stuffiness (n.) |
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