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stuffy |
Overview of adj stuffy The adj stuffy has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) airless, close stuffy, unaired -- (lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke") 2. (1) stodgy, stuffy -- (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") Antonyms of adj stuffy 2 senses of stuffy Sense 1 airless, close stuffy, unaired INDIRECT (VIA unventilated) -> ventilated Sense 2 stodgy, stuffy INDIRECT (VIA conventional) -> unconventional INDIRECT (VIA conventional, conventional) -> unconventional Similarity of adj stuffy 2 senses of stuffy Sense 1 airless, close stuffy, unaired => unventilated (vs. ventilated) Sense 2 stodgy, stuffy => conventional (vs. unconventional) (vs. unconventional) Attributes of adj stuffy Familiarity of adj stuffy stuffy used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj stuffy stuffy Overview of adj stuffy The adj stuffy has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) airless, close stuffy, unaired -- (lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke") 2. (1) stodgy, stuffy -- (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")
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