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In some senses, stodgy is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.
stodgy
/ˈstɒ.d͡ʒi/
adj 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
far
VERB + STODGY
get
PREP.
without
ADV.
utterly
Definitions
adj
1
Dull, old-fashioned.
I gave up trying to get that stodgy club to try anything new.
2
Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
"What's the matter with you?" — "Nothing. I'm sorry to be so damned emotional, but for six months I've been starved for beauty." — "You used to be so matter of fact. It's very interesting to hear you say that." — "Damn it all, I don't want to be interesting," laughed Philip. "Let's go and have a stodgy tea."
“. . . Why! Why! Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humour! My dear, it's only by a fluke that I am here at all—Norman being the protective fluke.”
3
Badly put together.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
adjective — (used pejoratively) out of fashion
- fogyish
- moss-grown
- mossy
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I gave up trying to get that stodgy club to try anything new.
Wiktionary02
"What's the matter with you?" — "Nothing. I'm sorry to be so damned emotional, but for six months I've been starved for beauty." — "You used to be so matter of fact. It's very interesting to hear you
Wiktionary03
“. . . Why! Why! Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humour! My dear, it's only by a fluke that I am here at all—Norman being the protective fluke.”
Wiktionary04
The food was very stodgy.
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Bill Maher was never funny, but his politics used to be far less stodgy.
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Residents are known for dressing conservatively, if not for wearing clothes that are downright stodgy.
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