What is the synonym to the word stuffy

  • airless
  • humid
  • stale
  • stifling
  • breathless
  • confined
  • fetid
  • heavy
  • muggy
  • stagnant
  • suffocating
  • sultry
  • thick
  • unventilated
  • arrogant
  • dreary
  • genteel
  • humorless
  • musty
  • pompous
  • self-important
  • staid
  • stodgy
  • bloated
  • conventional
  • dull
  • fusty
  • important
  • magisterial
  • narrow-minded
  • priggish
  • prim and proper
  • prissy
  • prudish
  • puffy
  • puritanical
  • stilted
  • strait-laced
  • uninteresting
  • Victorian

On this page you’ll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stuffy, such as: airless, humid, stale, stifling, breathless, and confined.

  • adventurous
  • clear
  • willing
  • airy
  • breezy
  • current
  • informal
  • modern
  • new
  • open
  • ventilated

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It would be like opening the windows upon a stuffy, overcrowded and unventilated room of disputing people.

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«No, thanks,» the stranger said, taking his bag and shutting himself into his stuffy little stateroom.

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«The things,» Mr. Devenish, is my rather stuffy way of referring to all the delightful poems that you are going to eat to-night.

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WORDS RELATED TO STUFFY

  • conservative
  • conventional
  • demure
  • genteel
  • priggish
  • prim
  • prissy
  • proper
  • puritanical
  • respectable
  • rigid
  • smug
  • square
  • starchy
  • stiff
  • strait-laced
  • stuffy
  • uptight
  • allergic to
  • conflicting
  • contrary
  • detrimental
  • disadvantageous
  • down on
  • down side
  • have no use for
  • inimical
  • injurious
  • inopportune
  • negative
  • opposed
  • opposing
  • opposite
  • ornery
  • reluctant
  • repugnant
  • stuffy
  • unfortunate
  • unfriendly
  • unlucky
  • unpropitious
  • unwilling
  • oppressive
  • stale
  • stifling
  • stuffy
  • unaired
  • unventilated
  • arrogant
  • distended
  • intumescent
  • pompous
  • stuffy
  • tumefied
  • turgid
  • arid
  • bomb
  • bromidic
  • bummer
  • characterless
  • cloying
  • colorless
  • commonplace
  • dead
  • drab
  • drag
  • drudging
  • dull
  • flat
  • ho-hum
  • humdrum
  • insipid
  • interminable
  • irksome
  • lifeless
  • monotonous
  • moth-eaten
  • mundane
  • nothing
  • nowhere
  • platitudinous
  • plebeian
  • prosaic
  • repetitious
  • routine
  • spiritless
  • stale
  • stereotyped
  • stodgy
  • stuffy
  • stupid
  • tame
  • tedious
  • threadbare
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • trite
  • unexciting
  • uninteresting
  • unvaried
  • vapid
  • wearisome
  • well-worn
  • zero
  • boring
  • buttoned-down
  • conformist
  • conservative
  • conventional
  • old-fashioned
  • strait-laced
  • stuffy
  • traditional
  • unimaginative

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What is another word for Stuffy?

  • characteristic, oppressive

  • oppressive, characteristic

  • monotonous, old-fashioned

  • old-fashioned, excite

  • characteristic, oppressive

  • characteristic, confining

  • characteristic, oppressive

  • monotonous, old-fashioned

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  • as in stifling



  • as in boring



  • as in irritable

  • as in stifling
  • as in boring
  • as in irritable



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stuffy

adjective

Definition of stuffynext

1

as in stifling

lacking fresh air

the house was very stuffy after being closed up for a month

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  • stifling

  • suffocating

  • close

  • airless

  • breathless

  • oppressive

  • thick

  • unventilated

  • heavy

  • fuggy


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • breezy

  • airy

  • unstuffy

  • refreshing

  • sweet

  • brisk

  • bracing

  • reviving

  • restorative

  • ventilated

  • invigorating

  • refreshed

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  • breezy

  • airy

  • unstuffy

  • refreshing

  • sweet

  • brisk

  • bracing

  • reviving

  • restorative

  • ventilated

  • invigorating

  • refreshed

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2

as in boring

causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest

nothing stuffy about this science museum—it’s all interactive and fun

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • boring

  • tiring

  • dusty

  • old

  • dull

  • stupid

  • slow

  • weary

  • wearying

  • stodgy

  • heavy

  • dry

  • annoying

  • irritating

  • drab

  • stale

  • uninteresting

  • monotonous

  • dreary

  • tiresome

  • humdrum

  • tedious

  • tame

  • pedestrian

  • leaden

  • colorless

  • ponderous

  • wearisome

  • arid

  • drudging

  • numbing

  • monochromatic

  • sterile

  • jejune

  • exhausting

  • jading

  • ho—hum

  • blah

  • pallid

  • flat

  • mind—numbing

  • unimaginative

  • soggy

  • prosy

  • spiritless

  • prosaic

  • unexciting

  • gray

  • barren

  • pedantic

  • uninspiring

  • irksome

  • dullish

  • bothersome

  • blank

  • aseptic

  • unrewarding

  • earthbound

  • draining

  • uneventful

  • unsensational

  • ordinary

  • enervating

  • undramatic

  • unspectacular

  • wearing

  • inanimate

  • cumbersome

  • grey

  • fatiguing

  • debilitating

  • common

  • vapid

  • pokey

  • poky

  • dispiriting

  • discouraging

  • commonplace

  • plodding

  • suspenseless

  • palling

  • tepid

  • demoralizing

  • pleasureless

  • lumbering

  • unexceptional

  • unnewsworthy

  • disheartening

  • enfeebling

  • unsurprising

  • longsome


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • interesting

  • involving

  • engaging

  • intriguing

  • wonderful

  • surprising

  • engrossing

  • exciting

  • riveting

  • absorbing

  • entertaining

  • spectacular

  • charming

  • sensational

  • stimulating

  • gripping

  • marvellous

  • wondrous

  • amazing

  • amusing

  • exhilarating

  • awesome

  • fabulous

  • thrilling

  • marvelous

  • inspiring

  • rousing

  • attractive

  • astonishing

  • energizing

  • electrifying

  • breathtaking

  • moving

  • alluring

  • invigorating

  • astounding

  • stirring

  • enlivening

  • enchanting

  • animating

  • fascinating

  • diverting

  • poignant

  • enthralling

  • entrancing

  • beguiling

  • galvanizing

  • touching

  • attracting

  • bewitching

  • rip—roaring

  • provocative

  • hair—raising

  • suspenseful

  • spellbinding

  • eye—opening

  • captivating

  • tantalizing

  • arresting

  • mesmerizing

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  • interesting

  • involving

  • engaging

  • intriguing

  • wonderful

  • surprising

  • engrossing

  • exciting

  • riveting

  • absorbing

  • entertaining

  • spectacular

  • charming

  • sensational

  • stimulating

  • gripping

  • marvellous

  • wondrous

  • amazing

  • amusing

  • exhilarating

  • awesome

  • fabulous

  • thrilling

  • marvelous

  • inspiring

  • rousing

  • attractive

  • astonishing

  • energizing

  • electrifying

  • breathtaking

  • moving

  • alluring

  • invigorating

  • astounding

  • stirring

  • enlivening

  • enchanting

  • animating

  • fascinating

  • diverting

  • poignant

  • enthralling

  • entrancing

  • beguiling

  • galvanizing

  • touching

  • attracting

  • bewitching

  • rip—roaring

  • provocative

  • hair—raising

  • suspenseful

  • spellbinding

  • eye—opening

  • captivating

  • tantalizing

  • arresting

  • mesmerizing

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3

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed

those nursing home residents with a reputation for being chronically stuffy were usually the last to receive attention

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • irritable

  • fiery

  • crotchety

  • grouchy

  • grumpy

  • peevish

  • crabby

  • waspish

  • snappish

  • petulant

  • irascible

  • testy

  • snarky

  • cranky

  • raspy

  • choleric

  • pettish

  • snippy

  • ratty

  • cross

  • sensitive

  • prickly

  • passionate

  • disagreeable

  • cantankerous

  • curmudgeonly

  • perverse

  • short

  • ornery

  • out of humor

  • short—tempered

  • bilious

  • snappy

  • out of sorts

  • contentious

  • querulous

  • quick—tempered

  • dyspeptic

  • combative

  • snippety

  • surly

  • snarly

  • argumentative

  • fretful

  • tetchy

  • pugnacious

  • bellicose

  • fractious

  • belligerent

  • sullen

  • quarrelsome

  • ill—humored

  • sulky

  • huffy

  • truculent

  • off—colored

  • pouty

  • disputatious

  • ill—tempered

  • off—color

  • scrappy

  • cross—grained

  • touchy

  • ill—natured

  • bearish

  • thin—skinned

  • hot—blooded


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • friendly

  • affable

  • genial

  • agreeable

  • cordial

  • amiable

  • sociable

  • gregarious

  • sweet

  • companionable

  • outgoing

  • extroverted

  • extraverted

  • relaxed

  • easygoing

  • carefree

  • stoic

  • good—natured

  • patient

  • tolerant

  • stoical

  • good—tempered

  • well—disposed

  • uncomplaining

  • obliging

  • understanding

  • forbearing

  • happy—go—lucky

  • long—suffering

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  • friendly

  • affable

  • genial

  • agreeable

  • cordial

  • amiable

  • sociable

  • gregarious

  • sweet

  • companionable

  • outgoing

  • extroverted

  • extraverted

  • relaxed

  • easygoing

  • carefree

  • stoic

  • good—natured

  • patient

  • tolerant

  • stoical

  • good—tempered

  • well—disposed

  • uncomplaining

  • obliging

  • understanding

  • forbearing

  • happy—go—lucky

  • long—suffering

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  1. airless, close, stuffy, unairedadjective

    lacking fresh air

    «a dusty airless attic»; «the dreadfully close atmosphere»; «hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke»

    Synonyms:
    skinny, tightlipped, cheeseparing, snug, penny-pinching, stuffy, faithful, airless, nigh, close-fitting, stodgy, close, tight, confining, closemouthed, near, unaired, secretive, closelipped

    Antonyms:
    unobstructed, ventilated, unconventional

  2. stodgy, stuffyadjective

    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»

    Synonyms:
    moss-grown, unaired, fogyish, stodgy, close, stuffy, mossy, airless, stick-in-the-mud(p)

    Antonyms:
    unconventional, ventilated, unobstructed

  3. stuffyadjective

    affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction

    «a stuffy feeling in my chest»

    Synonyms:
    close, unaired, airless, stodgy

    Antonyms:
    unconventional, ventilated, unobstructed

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  1. Amanda Townshend:

    We didn’t put two and two together of the sippy cups and his health until recently, he’s always had a stuffy nose after using them and just about a week or so ago he had an upper respiratory infection.

  2. Moe Vela:

    If we learned anything from Reddit and Robinhood, it’s that people right now are raising their hand saying,’ Why can’t I have access and participate ? Why does it have to be just a few stuffy guys in suits ?’.

  3. Michael Brunson:

    When we sing in stuffy offices and stuffy places, people eat it up because the world’s gotten so corporate and PC, when you’ve got four guys in tuxedos walking around singing barbershop, it’s such a deviation from the doldrums of proper business. There is a lighthearted irreverence to barbershop. We look at the way the world works and say, ‘Everything’s become so not fun, so let’s make it fun again.’.

  4. Steven Park:

    The most common reason is if your nose is stuffy, from allergies, or if you have a deviated septum. Lots of medications can also cause nasal congestion.

Translations for STUFFY

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  • stickigGerman
  • congestionado, taponado, mal ventilado, briosoSpanish
  • en rogne, fâché, mal aéré, étouffant, bouchéFrench
  • տոթArmenian
  • tettNorwegian
  • душный, забитый, заложенный, спёртыйRussian

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1    airless, close, fetid, frowsty, fuggy, heavy, muggy, oppressive, stale, stifling, suffocating, sultry, unventilated  

2    as dry as dust, conventional, deadly, dreary, dull, fusty, humourless, musty, niminy-piminy, old-fashioned, old-fogeyish, pompous, priggish, prim, prim and proper, staid, stilted, stodgy, strait-laced, uninteresting  
  
Antonyms     
  

1    airy, breezy, cool, draughty, fresh, gusty, pleasant, well-ventilated  

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stuffy

     ( stuffier    comparative)   ( stuffiest    superlative  )

1       adj   Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old-fashioned.,   (disapproval)
   Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?, …a firm of lawyers in Lincoln’s Inn, immensely stuffy and respectable.     

2       adj   If it is stuffy in a place, it is unpleasantly warm and there is not enough fresh air.  
It was hot and stuffy in the classroom.     

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