stuffiest
Least fresh, ventilated
Stuffiest is the superlative form of stuffy.
A room can be the stuffiest—the most poorly ventilated, the most airless.
A person can be the stuffiest—the most rigid in manner, the most intolerant of informality: He was the stuffiest professor in the department, always insisting on being addressed as "Doctor."
Without air circulation
- closeNearby or to shut
- fuggyStale and airless
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- mustyStale from dampness
windowless · sealed · enclosed · cramped · oppressive · suffocating · airless · thick
Affectedly grand in manner
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- stodgyDull, overly traditional
- primAffectedly proper and stiff
uptight · rigid · strait-laced · prudish · old-fashioned · fuddy-duddy · hidebound · stick-in-the-mud
One favoring the privileged
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- hoity-toityAffectedly superior in manner
uppity · snooty · nose-in-the-air · highbrow · exclusive · cliquish · clubby · patronizing
Formal evening dress code
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- properSocially appropriate
- stiffNot easily bent
- regimentedStrictly controlled and organized
by-the-book · rule-bound · starched · old-school · traditional · decorous · mannered · correct
unventilated
Without air circulation
musty · windowless · sealed · enclosed · cramped · oppressive · suffocating · airless · thick · heavy
pompous
Affectedly grand in manner
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- stodgyDull, overly traditional
prim · uptight · rigid · strait-laced · prudish · old-fashioned · fuddy-duddy · hidebound · stick-in-the-mud · conventional
elitist
One favoring the privileged
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
hoity-toity · uppity · snooty · nose-in-the-air · highbrow · exclusive · cliquish · clubby · patronizing · disdainful
black-tie
Formal evening dress code
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- properSocially appropriate
- stiffNot easily bent
regimented · by-the-book · rule-bound · starched · old-school · traditional · decorous · mannered · correct · punctilious