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Comparative for muggy, stuffy, with bad ventilation
“In a crowded, stuffy room, overhead fans strained to circulate the inert air.”
Comparative for blocked up or congested, especially of a person's nose
“When you've got a stuffy nose, you put some hot water and a couple of drops of the medicine that comes with it into the inhaler.”
Comparative for overly formal, conventional, or prim and proper
“The event could bring a breath of fresh, country air into the stuffy world of British politics.”
Comparative for boring or severely lacking in interest
“Timmy and Margery mounted the steps reluctantly, indicating that they thought a stuffy old museum was dismal indeed.”
Comparative for having a tendency to be easily annoyed or angered
“She seemed to be such a wonderfully cheerful, sweet woman, unlike her father's stuffy staff of servants.”
Comparative for affectedly proper, or formal, and rather prudish
Comparative for very hot and dry
Comparative for insular in one's views, opinions or outlook
Comparative for not friendly or sociable
Comparative for strict or exacting in standards
Comparative for having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements
Comparative for fastidious and hard to please
Comparative for behaving as though one is more important than others
Comparative for not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things
Comparative for vehement or impassioned in expression, sometimes pretentiously so
Comparative for swollen with fluid or gas
Comparative for making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically
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