stuffier
More poorly ventilated
Stuffier is the comparative form of stuffy.
A room that's stuffier than another has less fresh air circulating.
A person who's stuffier is more formal, pompous, or resistant to new ideas: The older partners were even stuffier than I'd expected.
Institutions, atmospheres, and attitudes can all be stuffier than their counterparts.
Without air circulation
congested · humid · sweltering · smothering · suffocating · claustrophobic · cramped · enclosed
Belonging to earlier times
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- rigidUnable to bend
- stiffNot easily bent
- properSocially appropriate
strait-laced · prim · uptight · ceremonious · traditionalist · buttoned-up · conservative · fussy
Falsely grand or important
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- elitistOne favoring the privileged
superior · aloof · snooty · hoity-toity · highfalutin · disdainful · imperious · uppity
unventilated
Without air circulation
close · congested · humid · sweltering · smothering · suffocating · claustrophobic · cramped · enclosed · overcrowded
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- rigidUnable to bend
- stiffNot easily bent
proper · strait-laced · prim · uptight · ceremonious · traditionalist · buttoned-up · conservative · fussy · hidebound
pretentious
Falsely grand or important
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
elitist · superior · aloof · snooty · hoity-toity · highfalutin · disdainful · imperious · uppity · aristocratic
- ballot stuffingFraudulent vote inflation
- knock the stuffing out ofDefeat utterly and exhaustingly
- stuffing the ballot boxSubmitting fraudulent votes
- stuffing envelopesFilling mailers with contents
- stuffing faceEating voraciously and fast
- sausage stuffingSeasoned meat-bread dressing