Antonyms of adj stuffy

3 senses of stuffy

Sense 1
airless, close, stuffy, unaired -- (lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke")

INDIRECT (VIA unventilated) -> ventilated -- (exposed to air; "a well ventilated room")

Sense 2
stodgy, stuffy -- (excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party")

INDIRECT (VIA conventional) -> unconventional -- (not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style")
INDIRECT (VIA conventional, conventional) -> unconventional -- (not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles")

Sense 3
stuffy -- (affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest")

INDIRECT (VIA obstructed) -> unobstructed -- (free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance; "an unobstructed view")

Similarity of adj stuffy

3 senses of stuffy

Sense 1
airless, close, stuffy, unaired -- (lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke")
       => unventilated (vs. ventilated) -- (not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms")

Sense 2
stodgy, stuffy -- (excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party")
       => conventional (vs. unconventional) (vs. unconventional) -- (following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address")

Sense 3
stuffy -- (affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest")
       => obstructed (vs. unobstructed) -- (shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice")

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