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as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest nothing stuffy about this science museum—it's all interactive and fun

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Recent Examples of stuffy Bingo! Alivia's tantrum hack—to keep things lighthearted—is a simple one, but a great reminder that not everything has to be so stuffy. Tanay Howard, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024 Or maybe a stuffy, lackluster atmosphere puts a damper on the entire getaway. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2024 Frame has disproved the notion that jeans are stuffy and uncomfortable for commuting with this black Jetset Crop Mini Boot pair. Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2024 But in 2024, do those stuffier parameters—which celebrate beauty above all else—still constitute what makes costuming great? Liam Hess, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stuffy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuffy
Adjective
  • The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2025
  • Bacon has served Nebraska in Congress since 2017, winning multiple competitive races in the state's 2nd Congressional District, an area that has seen increasingly close contests between Republicans and Democrats in recent election cycles.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • This is worlds away from that boring deli chicken sandwich, while still being easy enough to whip up on the busiest of days.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • The contract’s scope of work includes the single bore tunnel, station entrances and exits, the excavation of underground stations and the procurement of a tunnel boring machine.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • But a new wrench is thrown into the works in the form of an irritable downstairs neighbor.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2025
  • When a muscle is injured or put under extra stress, myofascial trigger points—basically, irritable spots in the muscle—can form and cause pain.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Seeing that expansion and contraction over and over for six episodes (let alone three seasons) can grow tiring, and Season 3 certainly suffers from a sense of exhaustion.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 June 2025
  • Now in his 80s trips to the islands are more challenging, and maintaining a boat that can make the journey is expensive and tiring.
    Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if NASA’s Artemis program ever gets to its ninth launch using the beleaguered Space Launch System rocket.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
  • The first week of summer is wrapping up after searing, triple digit heat in the East, a flurry of deadly lightning strikes that sent dozens to hospitals and fiery debates over the future of some of the nation's public lands.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • But Finch was unable to come up with any schematic answers for OKC’s suffocating defense or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s ruthlessness on offense.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • The stiff feel, plus the suffocating heat of summer in NYC, is a recipe for disaster.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • This record is a gentle correction for listeners who think of blues as either dusty or loud.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
  • Workers in overalls walk down dusty streets that turn into dusty tracks before petering out to nowhere.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Moore sprinted down the field in celebration of his game-saving play with 29 seconds left that gave UCLA an unexpectedly breathless 27-20 victory.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Jerry Coyne has a post up which critiques an extremely breathless review of a new book, Epigenetics Revolution.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2011

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“Stuffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuffy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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