stuffy
adjective
1. lacking fresh air
- hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke
Similar word(s): unventilated, airless, close, unaired
2. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
Similar word(s): conventional, stodgy
3. affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
- a stuffy feeling in my chest
Similar word(s): obstructed
Sentences with stuffy as an adjective:
- I can't smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
- Let's go outside – it's getting stuffy in here.
- The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.
noun
1. (US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) A stuffed animal or other plush toy.