stodgy
heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel.
of a thick, semisolid consistency; heavy, as food.
stocky; thick-set.
old-fashioned; unduly formal and traditional: a stodgy old gentleman.
dull; graceless; inelegant: a stodgy business suit.
Origin of stodgy
1Other words for stodgy
Opposites for stodgy
Other words from stodgy
- stodg·i·ly, adverb
- stodg·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby stodgy
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How to use stodgy in a sentence
Even NBC’s stodgy Law & Order launched its own true-crime anthology, with a season on the Menendez brothers starring Edie Falco.
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Discovering Underground Labyrinths, Remote Cities, and More of the World’s Lost Places | Nina Strochlic | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I guess I felt it to be stodgy, self-satisfied, maybe a little dull,” he confesses.
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My first thought was, “Wow, what an incredibly bold purchase for a stodgy auto exec.”
The mix of small, stodgy businesses and glamorous retailers worked for another decade—until 2009, when the bottom fell out again.
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The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonNothing can be more stodgy, more wearisome, more unprofitable, more away from all the finer ends of dramatic art.
Impressions And Comments | Havelock EllisIn fact he was a publican who was bound to serve stodgy food as well as exhilarating drink.
The English Novel | George SaintsburyThey're so stodgy and unconvincing and as out-of-date as tunes in music.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. GravesWell, I'm not stodgy any longer, Esme Falconer; you've reformed me.
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British Dictionary definitions for stodgy
/ (ˈstɒdʒɪ) /
(of food) heavy or uninteresting
excessively formal and conventional
Origin of stodgy
1Derived forms of stodgy
- stodgily, adverb
- stodginess, noun
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