All stuffy synonyms
stuffΒ·y
S s adj stuffy
- distingue β having an air of distinction; distinguished.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- dragger β any of various small motor trawlers operating off the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- drearer β dreary.
- fusty β having a stale smell; moldy; musty: fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing.
- down on β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- cardboard β Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- in line β (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- adverse β Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
- formal β being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.
- intolerant β not tolerating or respecting beliefs, opinions, usages, manners, etc., different from one's own, as in political or religious matters; bigoted.
- declamatory β A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- precise β definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- hotshot β highly successful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account exec.
- ironfisted β ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- chauvinistic β If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- dead set β absolutely
- hot β having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- feverous β feverish.
- abstinent β forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- bluenose β a puritanical or prudish person
- bloated β If someone's body or a part of their body is bloated, it is much larger than normal, usually because it has a lot of liquid or gas inside it.
- mildewed β Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
- by the book β according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- doctrinal β of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- bearish β On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- goody goody β a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- have no use for β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- intumescent β a swelling up, as with congestion.
- cantankerous β Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- conventional β Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- button-down β A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten.
- buttondown β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- high-and-mighty β haughty; arrogant.
adjective stuffy
- xenophobic β relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- overexact β Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
- fuggy β Muggy, stuffy, with bad ventilation.
- weariful β full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- isolationist β a person who favors or works for isolationism.
- dampish β (obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
- hardboiled β Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- obstructed β Simple past tense and past participle of obstruct.
- nowhere β in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- congested β A congested road or area is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
- elegant β Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
- racialist β racism.
- ovenlike β Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
- longwinded β Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- highhanded β Alternative spelling of high-handed.