Old and Stuffy

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Old adjective - Causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest.

Usage example: even the most stirring speeches start to get old after you've heard them a few times

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Stuffy and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stuffy" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Stuffy adjective - Causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest.

Usage example: nothing stuffy about this science museum—it's all interactive and fun

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Old and stuffy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Stuffy".

Nearby Words: stuff, stuffed, stuffing, stuffiness, stuffily

He also played a major part (if he didn't do it single-handedly) in making bow-ties fashionable again after years of being seen as stuffy and old fashioned.

Source: Creator / Matt Smith
The goal was to change the old and stuffy image of the brand.

Source: We Don't Suck Anymore
Cannot Tell a Joke: A short story has Cadbury in the next room telling some very old and clichéd jokes, and in his usual stuffy British style of speaking.

Source: Comic Book / Richie Rich

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