stodgy

[ stoj-ee ]

/ ˈstɒdʒ i /

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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 stodgy

First recorded in 1815–25; stodge + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR stodgy

1 tiresome, stuffy, prosaic.

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ANTONYMS FOR stodgy

1 lively, exciting.

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OTHER WORDS FROM stodgy

stodg·i·ly, adverb stodg·i·ness, noun

Words nearby stodgy

stockton-on-tees, stockwood, stocky, stockyard, stodge, stodgy, stoep, stogy, stoic, stoical, stoichiology

Example sentences from the Web for stodgy

It was, he says, “a stodgy and old-fashioned discipline” when he entered it in the 1980s.

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“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.”

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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 TV critics largely sided with Conan, now with TBS, because they deem Leno to be a bland and stodgy comic.

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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They're so stodgy and unconvincing and as out-of-date as tunes in music.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

stodgy

/ (ˈstɒdʒɪ) /

adjective stodgier or stodgiest

(of food) heavy or uninteresting

excessively formal and conventional

Derived forms of stodgy

stodgily, adverb stodginess, noun

Word Origin for stodgy

C19: from stodge

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stodgy

adjective, stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est.

Origin of stodgy

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adjective stodgier or stodgiest

Derived forms of stodgy

Word Origin for stodgy

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stodgy

adjective, stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est.

Origin of stodgy

SYNONYMS FOR stodgy

ANTONYMS FOR stodgy

OTHER WORDS FROM stodgy

Words nearby stodgy

Words related to stodgy

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adjective stodgier or stodgiest

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