adjective
1.
marked by a heavy oppressive quality of air
a stuffy room that needed airing
Synonyms: airless, breathless, close, stifling, stivy, suffocating, sultry; compare humid , stifling 1
Related Word: heavy, oppressive, thick; stagnant; shut-up, unventilated
Contrasted words: airy, breezy; open, ventilated; bracing, invigorating, refreshing, stimulating
2.
Synonyms: prim 1, genteel, priggish, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, tight-laced, Victorian
Related Word: dull, humdrum, stodgy; hidebound, illiberal, narrow, narrow-minded
3.
Synonyms: pompous 1, arrogant, bloated, important, magisterial, pontifical, puffy, self-important, wiggy