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stodgy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud |
| Derivation | stodginess |
stodgy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stuffy |
| Derivation | stodginess |
why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?.
a stodgy dinner party.
stodgy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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stodgy food.
a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full.
Examples of stodgy
stodgy
They were appealingly stodgy before people started deeming such things classics.
From the nytimes.com
But the fast-paced computing industry did not suit the stodgy former monopolist.
From the economist.com
Newcomers, in particular, are put off by golf's intricate rules and stodgy image.
From the online.wsj.com
Taking the role of brand guardian seriously doesn't mean you have to be stodgy.
From the washingtonpost.com
Who knew people were looking for a healthy remake of stodgy, old beef Wellington?
From the freep.com
Somehow, the stodgy old Capitol had a different feel, at least for an hour or so.
From the thestate.com
There was nothing stodgy or boring or conservative about the Badgers on Sunday.
From the jsonline.com
It will be a while too till anyone carps about Jonathan Trott's stodgy batting.
From the guardian.co.uk
The team's offense before last week was stodgy and couldn't convert a third down.
From the signonsandiego.com
- Heavy and starchy and hard to digest; "stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
- Fogyish: (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"
- 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"
- (stodgily) stuffily: in a stuffy manner; "`Come in please,' he said stuffily"
- (stodginess) dull and pompous gravity
- Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach; dull, old-fashioned
- Adj. 1. When said of food, heavy or very filling.
