stuffed shirt

stuffed shirt

noun

Definition of STUFFED SHIRT

: a smug, conceited, and usually pompous person often with an inflexibly conservative or reactionary attitude

Examples of STUFFED SHIRT

1. <the stuffed shirts in this organization don't seem to realize that without new blood our extinction is inevitable>

First Known Use of STUFFED SHIRT

1904

Related to STUFFED SHIRT

Synonyms: antediluvian, Colonel Blimp, dodo, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, mossback, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud, fogy

Antonyms: hipster, modern, trendy

Related Words: conservative, rightist, Tory; mandarin, old hand, old-timer, veteran; old maid

Near Antonyms: liberal, progressive, radical

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Rhymes with STUFFED SHIRT

advert, alert, assert, avert, bellwort, birthwort, Blackshirt, brownshirt, bush shirt, camp shirt, colewort, concert, convert, covert, desert, dessert, dissert, divert, dress shirt, evert, exert, expert, exsert, figwort, fleawort, glasswort, hair shirt, Hastert, hornwort, inert, insert, invert, lousewort, lungwort, madwort, milkwort, mugwort, nightshirt, outskirt, overt, pay dirt, pervert, pilewort, ragwort, redshirt, revert, ribwort, saltwort, sandwort, Schubert, seagirt, sea squirt, soapwort, spearwort, spleenwort, stitchwort, stonewort, subvert, sweatshirt, toothwort, T-shirt, ungirt