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stodgy
stodg·y S0770800 (stŏj′ē)adj. stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est 1. a. Dull, unimaginative, and commonplace. See Synonyms at dull.b. Old-fashioned and stuffy: "Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humor!" (Katherine Mansfield).2. Indigestible and starchy; heavy: stodgy food.3. Solidly built; stocky.
[From stodge, thick filling food, from stodge, to cram.]
stodg′i·ly adv.stodg′i·ness n.stodgy (ˈstɒdʒɪ) adj, stodgier or stodgiest1. (Cookery) (of food) heavy or uninteresting2. excessively formal and conventional[C19: from stodge] ˈstodgily adv ˈstodginess nstodg•y (ˈstɒdʒ i)
adj. stodg•i•er, stodg•i•est. 1. dull or uninteresting; boring. 2. heavy, as food. 3. stocky; thickset. 4. unduly formal and traditional. 5. dull; graceless; inelegant: a stodgy business suit. [1815–25] stodg′i•ly, adv. stodg′i•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | stodgy - heavy and starchy and hard to digest; "stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"indigestible - digested with difficulty | | 2. | stodgy - (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"fogyish, stick-in-the-mud, moss-grown, mossyunfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind" | | 3. | stodgy - 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"stuffyconventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" |
stodgyadjective1. heavy, filling, substantial, leaden, starchy He was disgusted by the stodgy pizzas on sale in London.
heavy light, fluffy, insubstantial2. dull, boring, stuffy, formal, tedious, tiresome, staid, unimaginative, turgid, uninspired, unexciting, ho-hum, heavy going, fuddy-duddy (informal), dull as ditchwater stodgy old fogies
dull interesting, exciting, stimulating, lively, fresh, fashionable, trendy (Brit. informal), up-to-date, animated, readablestodgyadjective1. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise:arid, aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, unimaginative, uninspired.2. Having a dense or viscous consistency:gelatinous, heavy, thick.3. Short, heavy, and solidly built:blocky, chunky, compact, dumpy, heavyset, squat, stocky, stubby, stumpy, thick, thickset.Translationsstodge (stodʒ) noun heavy, solid food. 易使人飽的食物 易饱的食物ˈstodgy adjective1. (of meals etc) consisting of stodge. stodgy food. 不易消化的 吃下去感觉撑的，易饱的 2. (of people, books etc) dull; not lively. 遲鈍的 迟钝的ˈstodginess noun 遲鈍 迟钝stodgy
Synonyms for stodgyadj heavySynonyms- heavy
- filling
- substantial
- leaden
- starchy
Antonymsadj dullSynonyms- dull
- boring
- stuffy
- formal
- tedious
- tiresome
- staid
- unimaginative
- turgid
- uninspired
- unexciting
- ho-hum
- heavy going
- fuddy-duddy
- dull as ditchwater
Antonyms- interesting
- exciting
- stimulating
- lively
- fresh
- fashionable
- trendy
- up-to-date
- animated
- readable
Synonyms for stodgyadj lacking liveliness, charm, or surpriseSynonyms- arid
- aseptic
- colorless
- drab
- dry
- dull
- earthbound
- flat
- flavorless
- lackluster
- lifeless
- lusterless
- matter-of-fact
- pedestrian
- prosaic
- spiritless
- sterile
- unimaginative
- uninspired
adj having a dense or viscous consistencySynonymsadj short, heavy, and solidly builtSynonyms- blocky
- chunky
- compact
- dumpy
- heavyset
- squat
- stocky
- stubby
- stumpy
- thick
- thickset
Synonyms for stodgyadj heavy and starchy and hard to digestRelated Wordsadj (used pejoratively) out of fashionSynonyms- fogyish
- stick-in-the-mud
- moss-grown
- mossy
Related Wordsadj excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dullSynonymsRelated Words |