Synonyms for stuffed shirt

Grammar : Noun

Définition of stuffed shirt

noun bore

Example sentences :

I'm tired of all that other crowd—the stuffed shirt brigade, you know.
Extract from : « The Salamander » by Owen Johnson

Remember that stuffed shirt ground major at the Broome field in Australia?
Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen

He had been herded into a corner by Johnson, Aunt Gretchen's stuffed shirt of a butler, who was standing guard over him.
Extract from : « "And That's How It Was, Officer" » by Ralph Sholto

“Never try to show up a policeman, even if he is a stuffed shirt,” remarked the reporter softly.
Extract from : « Clue of the Silken Ladder » by Mildred A. Wirt

He characterized Frank Shabata by a Bohemian expression which is the equivalent of stuffed shirt.
Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather

But Thar sounded like a stuffed shirt now, and that is the last thing Hockley would have expected.
Extract from : « The Unlearned » by Raymond F. Jones

Nayland is a stuffed shirt of the first stuffing, and a tinpot Hitler to boot, but he is fanatically and incorruptibly patriotic.
Extract from : « The Mercenaries » by Henry Beam Piper

Words or expressions associated with your search

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019