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[ stoj-ee ] / ˈstɒdʒ i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stodgy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est.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 stodgyFirst recorded in 1815–25; stodge + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR stodgy1 tiresome, stuffy, prosaic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR stodgy ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR stodgySEE ANTONYMS FOR stodgy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM stodgystodg·i·ly, adverbstodg·i·ness, nounWords nearby stodgystock whip, Stockwood, stocky, stockyard, stodge, stodgy, stoep, stogy, Stoic, stoical, stoichiology Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stodgyIt was, he says, “a stodgy and old-fashioned discipline” when he entered it in the 1980s. Discovering Underground Labyrinths, Remote Cities, and More of the World’s Lost Places|Nina Strochlic|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I guess I felt it to be stodgy, self-satisfied, maybe a little dull,” he confesses. The Story of How Two of America’s Greatest Anthems Were Made|Ron Hogan|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST My first thought was, “Wow, what an incredibly bold purchase for a stodgy auto exec.” When Chevy Was Facebook|Blake Gopnik|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST The mix of small, stodgy businesses and glamorous retailers worked for another decade—until 2009, when the bottom fell out again. Terrapin Stationers, the Most Badass New Stationer|Lauren Sherman|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The TV critics largely sided with Conan, now with TBS, because they deem Leno to be a bland and stodgy comic. Is Jay Leno Facing Another NBC Coup in Favor of Jimmy Fallon?|Howard Kurtz|March 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST All were middle-aged, except one young lieutenant, and we were indeed a rather exceptionally un-neurotic and stodgy lot. Psychical Miscellanea|J. Arthur Hill They're so stodgy and unconvincing and as out-of-date as tunes in music.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. Graves I tremble to think what his fate might have been if at the last moment some stodgy statesman had been nominated to oppose him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 8, 1919|Various It's better than stodgy sense: literature is blocked up with that. Paul Kelver|Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome Your now stiff and stodgy rod is, however, not best suited for bringing him in to the gaff. Chats on Angling|H. V. Hart-Davis
British Dictionary definitions for stodgy
adjective stodgier or stodgiest(of food) heavy or uninteresting excessively formal and conventional Derived forms of stodgystodgily, adverbstodginess, nounWord Origin for stodgyC19: from stodge Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stodgytedious, pedantic, monotonous, boring, ponderous, staid, plodding, dim, dreary, formal, heavy, labored, pedestrian, turgid, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, weighty, banausic |