stuffyPronunciation: /ˈstʌfi/Translate stuffy | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of stuffy adjective (stuffier, stuffiest) 1(of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation:a stuffy, overcrowded office (of a person’s nose) blocked up and making breathing difficult: inhaling vapour from a bowl of hot water may help to clear a stuffy nose 2(of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded:he was steady and rather stuffyDerivatives stuffily adverb stuffiness noun stuffy in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of stuffy in the US English dictionary
