Thesaurus / stuffy
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O’Hara moved poetry from the stuffy realm of the Academy into bars, the movies – the streets.
‘LOVE AND OTHER POEMS’ WILL SATISFY YOUR NEED FOR ROMANCEKATHI WOLFEMAY 27, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEFiltered air may be a bit stuffy, but would have lower infection risks than unfiltered air.
CLEANING INDOOR AIR MAY PREVENT COVID-19’S SPREAD. BUT IT’S HARDER THAN IT LOOKSTINA HESMAN SAEYMAY 18, 2021SCIENCE NEWSEvery part of this year’s ceremony felt more intimate and less stuffy than just about any awards show I can remember.
THE PANDEMIC OSCARS WERE SURPRISINGLY DECENT. BUT WILL THE ACADEMY LEARN ANYTHING FROM ITS BREAK WITH TRADITION?JUDY BERMANAPRIL 26, 2021TIMEWhen your nose is stuffy, odorants – the lightweight odor active molecules found in the air – are physically unable to reach the smell receptors at the top of your nasal cavity.
DAILY DIY SNIFF CHECKS COULD CATCH MANY CASES OF COVID-19LGBTQ-EDITORDECEMBER 17, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSIn either case, try to pick places that have limited capacity, and avoid establishments that feel hot and stuffy or don’t have many windows—they probably don’t have good ventilation, Miller says.
IS THERE ANY SAFE WAY TO SOCIALIZE INSIDE THIS WINTER?JAMIE DUCHARMEOCTOBER 27, 2020TIMEBoth can give you a fever, cough, fatigue, sore throat, stuffy nose, muscle pains, shortness of breath, and headaches.
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS ABOUT TO COLLIDE WITH FLU SEASON. HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT.SARA CHODOSHAUGUST 26, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCELate night storyboarding sessions in stuffy rooms may be gone for the time being, but what has replaced them is a newfound flexibility to collaborate with creators beyond the Hollywood hills.
HOW PARAMOUNT ANIMATION SHIFTED TO REMOTE WORK—AND MADE A 'BEAUTIFUL' SPONGEBOB MOVIE IN THE PROCESSALEJANDRO DE LA GARZAAUGUST 24, 2020TIMEIt would be like opening the windows upon a stuffy, overcrowded and unventilated room of disputing people.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS"No, thanks," the stranger said, taking his bag and shutting himself into his stuffy little stateroom.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMES"The things," Mr. Devenish, is my rather stuffy way of referring to all the delightful poems that you are going to eat to-night.
FIRST PLAYSA. A. MILNEWORDS RELATED TO STUFFY
- bigoted
- bourgeois
- button-down
- commonplace
- conforming
- conservative
- demure
- doctrinal
- dogmatic
- drippy
- hackneyed
- hidebound
- humdrum
- illiberal
- in rut
- inflexible
- insular
- isolationist
- lame
- literal
- moderate
- moral
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- not extreme
- not heretical
- obstinate
- parochial
- pedestrian
- prosaic
- puritanical
- rigid
- routine
- rube
- run-of-the-mill
- sober
- solemn
- square
- stereotyped
- straight
- strait-laced
- strict
- stuffy
- uptight
- affected
- aristocratic
- artificial
- chivalrous
- civil
- confined
- courteous
- courtly
- cultivated
- distingué
- elegant
- fashionable
- formal
- graceful
- hollow
- intolerant
- la-di-da
- mannerly
- noble
- ostentatious
- polished
- polite
- pompous
- precious
- pretentious
- priggish
- prim
- prissy
- prudish
- refined
- respectable
- strait-laced
- stuffy
- stylish
- urbane
- well-behaved
- well-bred
- well-mannered
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.