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STODGY

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Irregular inflected forms: stodgier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, stodgiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: stodgier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: stodgiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dullplay

Example:

a stodgy dinner party

Synonyms:

stodgy; stuffy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

conventional (following accepted customs and proprieties)

Derivation:

stodginess (dull and pompous gravity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashionedplay

Example:

moss-grown ideas about family life

Synonyms:

fogyish; moss-grown; mossy; stick-in-the-mud; stodgy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unfashionable; unstylish (not in accord with or not following current fashion)

Derivation:

stodginess (dull and pompous gravity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Heavy and starchy and hard to digestplay

Example:

a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

indigestible (digested with difficulty)

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