different between stuffy vs stagnant
stuffy
English
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?fi/
- Rhymes: -?fi
Adjective
stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)
- Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
- Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
- (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
- Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
- (Scotland) Stout; sturdy.
Derived terms
- stuffily
- stuffiness
Related terms
- stuffed shirt
Translations
Noun
stuffy (plural stuffies)
- (US, Canada, colloquial, often childish) Synonym of stuffed toy
Alternative forms
- stuffie
Translations
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stagnant
English
Etymology
From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?stæ?n?nt/
Adjective
stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)
- Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.
- (figuratively) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.
Derived terms
- stagnant hypoxia
- stagnantly
- stagnancy
Related terms
- stagnate
- stagflation
Translations
French
Verb
stagnant
- present participle of stagner
Adjective
stagnant (feminine singular stagnante, masculine plural stagnants, feminine plural stagnantes)
- stagnant
Further reading
- “stagnant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans.
Adjective
stagnant m or n (feminine singular stagnant?, masculine plural stagnan?i, feminine and neuter plural stagnante)
- stagnant
Declension
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- what stagnant air
- what's stagnant water
- what's stagnant thinking
- what stagnant means in spanish
- stagnant water means
- what's stagnant fluid
- what stagnant demand
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