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# stuffy

adjective (stuffy, stuffier, stuffiest)

«stuffy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A stuffy room has warm, stale air with not enough fresh air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#m1)
2. A stuffy nose is blocked, so it is hard to breathe through it, often because of a cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#m2)
3. A stuffy person is old-fashioned, formal and boring, and does not like fun or change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and science lessons, a stuffy classroom makes people sleepy; opening a window lets in fresh air with oxygen and lets out stale air. When you have a cold you get a stuffy nose. In stories «a stuffy old museum» or «a stuffy aunt» means formal and dull. Phrases: «stuffy room», «stuffy nose», «feel stuffy».

### Examples

- Open the window — it's stuffy in here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#x1)
- I have a cold and a stuffy nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#x2)
- The bus was hot and stuffy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#x3)
- The stuffy air made everyone yawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#x4)
- My grandad says the club is too stuffy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#x5)
- Steam can help a stuffy nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#x6)
- The attic was dark and stuffy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/#x7)

### Note

Comparative: stuffier, stuffiest. From «stuff» + -y. Not the same as «stuffed» (full): a stuffed toy is not stuffy.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stuffy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stuffy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stuffy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stuffy.html) on Mova free.