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Adjective: stuffy (stuffier,stuffiest)  stúfee
  1. Lacking fresh air
    "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
    - airless, close, unaired
     
  2. Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
    - stodgy
     
  3. Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
    "a stuffy feeling in my chest"

Derived forms: stuffiest, stuffier

See also: conventional, obstructed, stuffiness, unventilated

Encyclopedia: Stuffy