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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking fresh air;
- Example: "a dusty airless attic"
- Example: "the dreadfully close atmosphere"
- Example: "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
[syn: airless, close, stuffy, unaired]

2. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull;
- Example: "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"
- Example: "a stodgy dinner party"
[syn: stodgy, stuffy]

3. affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction;
- Example: "a stuffy feeling in my chest"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stuffy \Stuff"y\, a.
   1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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   2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]
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   3. Ill-ventilated; close.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stuffy
    adj 1: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the
           dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air
           was blue with smoke" [syn: airless, close, stuffy,
           unaired]
    2: excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull;
       "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a
       sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party" [syn: stodgy,
       stuffy]
    3: affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a
       stuffy feeling in my chest"