stuffy

adjective

1. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

   “I can’t smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.”

   “Let’s go outside – it’s getting stuffy in here.”

2. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

3. USAngry and obstinate; sulky.

4. Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.

   “The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.”

5. ScotlandStout; sturdy.

6. Lacking fresh air

   “a dusty airless attic”

   “the dreadfully close atmosphere”

   “hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke”

   Similar: airless, close, unaired

7. Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull

   “why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?”

   “a stodgy dinner party”

   Similar: stodgy

8. Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction

   “a stuffy feeling in my chest”

noun

Synonym of stuffed toy