adjectives
lacking fresh air
"a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
"why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"
affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
"a stuffy feeling in my chest"
is similar to
shut off to passage or view or hindered from action
"a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice"