Stuffy

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
  • adj. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.
  • adj. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.
  • adj. 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).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
  • adj. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
  • adj. Angry and obstinate; sulky.
  • adj. Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
  • n. A stuffed animal or other plush toy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
  • adj. Angry and obstinate; sulky.
  • adj. Ill-ventilated; close.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Close, as if from being stuffed and unaired; musty from closeness; oppressive to the head or lungs.
  • Stuffed out; fat: said of a person.
  • Affected as if by stuffing; muffled: said of the voice or speech.
  • Made of good stuff; stout; resolute; mettlesome.
  • Angry; sulky: obstinate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking fresh air
  • adj. affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
  • adj. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
  • Equivalent
    Variant
    stuffiest    stuffier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stout    mettlesome    resolute    sulky    ill-ventilated    close    closet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fluffy    buffy    fluffy    huffy    puffy    scruffy    toughie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dank    cramp    chilly    cozy    smelly    dingy    humid    low-ceilinged    claustrophobic    dusty