stick-in-the-mudnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstɪk.ɪn.ðəˌmʌd/us/ˈstɪk.ɪn.ðəˌmʌd/informal disapprovingsomeone who is old-fashioned and too serious and avoids enjoyable activities:
My dad's a real stick-in-the-mud.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who are boring and old-fashioned
- bore
- Colonel Blimp
- crashing bore
- dinosaur
- drip
- fogey
- fossil
- fuddy-duddy
- has-been
- killjoy
- Luddite
- party pooper
- saddo
- spod
- spoilsport
- square
- stuffed shirt
- wet blanket
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