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stuffed shirt

stuff shirt
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stuhf shurt]
    • /stʌf ʃɜrt/
    • /stʌft ʃɜːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stuhf shurt]
    • /stʌf ʃɜrt/

Definitions of stuffed shirt words

  • noun stuffed shirt a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person. 1
  • countable noun stuffed shirt If you describe someone, especially someone with an important position, as a stuffed shirt, you mean that they are extremely formal and old-fashioned. 0
  • noun stuffed shirt a pompous or formal person 0
  • noun stuffed shirt a pompous, pretentious person 0
See all 4 definitions of stuffed shirt

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Origin of stuffed shirt

First appearance:

before 1910
One of the 15% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Stuffed shirt

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Stuffed shirt

stuffed shirt popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for stuffed shirt

adj stuffed shirt

  • bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.

noun stuffed shirt

  • bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
  • deadhead — A deadhead is someone who uses a free ticket to see a show, or for a plane or train trip.
  • dotard — a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person.
  • flat tire — a pneumatic tire that has lost all or most of its air through leakage, puncture, or the like.
  • fuddy-duddy — a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.

adjective stuffed shirt

All 13 Synonyms of stuffed shirt

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