fuggy

adjective

Definition of fuggynext
as in stuffy

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  1. stuffy
  2. breathless
  3. suffocating
  4. oppressive
Adjective
  • One key to that, Gaultier said, is density of people without letting the space feel too stuffy.
    Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 10 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of stuffy
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
Definition of breathless
Adjective
  • And congestion pricing will boost our economy by liberating people, goods and services from the most suffocating traffic tie-ups in the entire country.
    Jerry Nadler, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The Mavericks could have been forgiven for taking a knee given the suffocating nature of a Thompson Valley defense that allowed 89 points this season.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of suffocating
Adjective
  • Earlier this year, two teenagers filed a class-action lawsuit against a Kentucky youth detention center and its administrators, claiming that they were subjected to oppressive isolation, denied basic hygiene, showers, and medications, and forced to listen to a toddler song.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Based on the classic Stephen King novel written under pen name Richard Bachman, The Running Man is set in an oppressive future where the government controls the media.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of oppressive
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