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Synonyms of stuffy in English:

stuffy


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adjective

1‘a stuffy atmosphere’

SYNONYMS
airless, close, muggy, sultry, heavy, musty, stale, frowzy
stifling, suffocating, oppressive
British frowsty
British dialect claggy
British informal fuggy
ANTONYMS

airy

2‘a stuffy young man’

SYNONYMS
staid, sedate, sober, stiff, reserved, impersonal, formal, pompous, prim, priggish, fogeyish, strait-laced, conformist, conventional, conservative, old-fashioned, of the old school
stodgy, boring, dull, dreary, uninteresting
informal square, straight, starchy, fuddy-duddy, stick-in-the-mud, uptight
ANTONYMS

relaxed, informal, modern

3‘a stuffy nose’

SYNONYMS
blocked, stuffed up, bunged up
ANTONYMS

clear