stuffy

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.
3. 1. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.
   2. Rigidly adhering to standards of conduct; strait-laced: “I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight” (Evelyn Waugh).

stuffily stuff'i·ly adv.
stuffiness stuff'i·ness n.

adjective

1. Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air: airless, close, stifling. See breath/breathlessness, open/close.
2. Arousing no interest or curiosity: boring, drear, dreary, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary. See excite/bore/interest.
3. Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, Victorian. Idioms: prim and proper. See plain/fancy.

adj

Definition: close, oppressive
Antonyms: airy, breezy, clear, open, ventilated

adj

Definition: old-fashioned, prim
Antonyms: current, informal, modern, new

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IN BRIEF: Without fresh air.

The room was very stuffy until they opened the windows.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - indelukket, trykkende, beklumret, kedelig, stiv, bornert, snerpet

Nederlands (Dutch)
bedompt, ouderwets, muf

Français (French)
adj. - étouffant, guindé, bouché

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stickig, spießig, langweilig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποπνικτικός, πνιγηρός, (για μύτη) βουλωμένος, βαρετός, ανιαρός, στενοκέφαλος

Italiano (Italian)
afoso, rinchiuso, pretenzioso, cocciuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - maçante, abafado

Русский (Russian)
спертый, с заложенным носом, скучный, ограниченный, обидчивый, лицемерный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mal ventilado, cargado, congestionado, pesado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - instängd, kvav, täppt, förstockad, inskränkt, trumpen, sur

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
闷热的, 乏味的, 窒息的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 悶熱的, 乏味的, 窒息的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 숨막히는, 시시한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 換気の悪い, むっとする, つまった, 退屈な, 堅苦しい, 風通しの悪い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جو خانق, متعجرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחניק, לא מאוורר, צר-אופק, משעמם, שמרני, כעסן, רגזן‬

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