stuffed shirt
[noun]
Synonyms: Blimp, Colonel Blimp, fuddy-duddy

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Contrasted words: freethinker, latitudinarian, liberal, libertarian, libertine, avant-garde
Related Words: diehard, prig, prude, smug

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ˌstuffed ˈshirt noun [countable] informal
someone who behaves in a very formal way and thinks that they are important

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stuffed shirt
someone, especially a man, who behaves in a formal, old-fashioned way and thinks they are very important.
I knew he was a banker and expensively educated so I was expecting him to be a stuffed shirt.

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stuffed shirt
a person who is too rigid or too formal
I do not want to invite my neighbor to come with us because he is a stuffed shirt and not very interesting to spend time with.

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stuffed shirt
n. phr. A pretentious bore; a pompous, empty person.
I think that Howard is a terrible stuffed shirt with no sense of humor.

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