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stuffed shirt
noun[ C ]
informaldisapprovinguk /ˌstʌft ˈʃɜːt/ us /ˌstʌft ˈʃɝːt/
someone who behaves in a very formal and old-fashioned way and thinks that they are very important一本正经的人;古板的人;妄自尊大的人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who are boring and old-fashioned
bore
buzzkill
Colonel Blimp
crashing bore
dinosaur
drip
fogey
fun sponge
grind
has-been
killjoy
Luddite
normcore
saddo
spod
spoilsport
square
stick-in-the-mud
uncharismatic
yawn
Examples of stuffed shirt
stuffed shirt
Where does this stuffedshirt get off criticizing everyone based on his warped perception?
From CNN
He was a stuffedshirt.
From New York Post
I played the stuffedshirt lawyer.
From TIME
The old man's a stuffedshirt and you know it.
From Project Gutenberg
I'm tired of all that other crowd--the stuffedshirt brigade, you know.
From Project Gutenberg
His employees think he's a stuffedshirt, too.
From Project Gutenberg
He didn't go for either stuffed shirts or strong silent men.
From Project Gutenberg
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