Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Stuffed Shirt

Definition: Stuffed Shirt

Stuffed Shirt

Noun

1. (informal) a bore.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Stuffed Shirt

Synonym: fuddy-duddy (n). (additional references)

Top     

Modern Translation: Stuffed Shirt

Language Translations for "stuffed shirt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

превзет глупак. (various references)

   

German

  

wichtigtuer (bumble, busybodies, busybody, pompous ass, snob). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φαντασμένοσ (bumptious, cocky, conceited, coxcomb, hoity toity, jackanapes, ladida, opinionated, priggish, self-conceited, self-important, smug, snobbish, snooty, stuck up, stuffy), αλαζόνασ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nagyképű alak (show-off), hajthatatlan személy. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uffedstay irtshay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

persoanã îngâmfatã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

напыщенное ничтожество. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

persona estirada. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ukala, kendini birşey sanan tip (squirt), kendini beğenmiş (arrogant, assuming, bighead, bigheaded, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, cocky, conceited, egotistical, haughty, high hat, high-flown, high-flying, hoity toity, hoity-toity, holier-than-thou, important, insufferable, jackanapes, jumped-up, mugwump, overweening, pompous, pretentious, prig, priggish, self sufficient, self-important, self-opinionated, self-righteous, smug, Sniffy, snooty, snotty, stuck up, stuffy, supercilious, swelled head, swollen-headed, taffy-nosed, toffee-nosed, toffy-nosed, uppish, uppity, upstage, vain). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

huênh hoang (sidy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Anagrams: Stuffed Shirt

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-f-f-h-i-r-s-s-t-t-u"

-3 letters: diffusers, redshifts, stuffiest, sturdiest.

-4 letters: detritus, diestrus, diffuser, diffuses, distrust, dustiest, feudists, fissured, furthest, fustiest, huffiest, redshift, restuffs, rushiest, rustiest, sheriffs, shifters, shutters, stiffest, studfish, studiers, stuffers, stuffier, sturdies, surfeits, surffish, surfiest, thirsted, thrusted, trusties, turfiest.

-5 letters: differs, diffuse, dissert, dithers, duffers, dusters, dustier, feudist, fishers, fissure, fitters, fritted, fruited, fussier, fustier, hirsute.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     



INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.