Stodgy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈstɑːdʒɪ|
Brit.
|ˈstɒdʒɪ|
adjective
- heavy and starchy and hard to digest
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull (syn: stuffy)
stodgy food
a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full
- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned (syn: fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud)a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull (syn: stuffy)
why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
a stodgy dinner party
a stodgy dinner party
Extra examples
...the sitcom was offbeat and interesting in its first season, but has since become predictable and stodgy...
...an old-line French restaurant with stodgy food and a démodé decor straight out of the 1950s...
...the comedian's jocose introductions kept the awards ceremony from becoming a stodgy affair...
Word forms
adjective
comparative: stodgier
superlative: stodgiest
comparative: stodgier
superlative: stodgiest
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