stodgy, stuffy
(adjective) 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”
stuffy
(adjective) affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; “a stuffy feeling in my chest”
airless, close, stuffy, unaired
(adjective) lacking fresh air; “a dusty airless attic”; “the dreadfully close atmosphere”; “hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)
Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
(US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
(Scotland) Stout; sturdy.
stuffy (plural stuffies)
(US, Canada, colloquial, often, childish) synonym of stuffed toy
Source: Wiktionary
Stuff"y, a.
1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]
3. Ill-ventilated; close.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
