| ADJECTIVE | all | stuffy, airless, close, unaired | lacking fresh air |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | stuffy, stodgy | excessively conventional and unimaginative / unimaginative and hence dull / dull | |
| all | stuffy | affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction |
| Sounds | stah'fiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | apostrophe ... typography: 53 rhymes with fiy... | |
| Meaning | lacking fresh air. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" | |
| Synonyms | airless, close, unaired | |
| Broader | unventilated | not ventilated |
| Spanish | cargado, cerrado | |
| Nouns | stuffiness | the quality of being close and poorly ventilated |
| Meaning | excessively conventional and unimaginative / unimaginative and hence dull / dull. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | stodgy | |
| Broader | conventional | Following accepted customs and proprieties |
| Spanish | estirado, remilgado | |
| Catalan | escrupulós, estirat | |
| Nouns | stuffiness | dull and pompous gravity |
| Adverbs | stuffily | in a stuffy manner |
| Meaning | affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a stuffy feeling in my chest" | |
| Broader | obstructed | Shut off to passage or view or hindered from action |
| Nouns | stuffiness | state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat |
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