stodgy
[ stoj-ee ]
/ ˈstɒdʒ i /
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.
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OTHER WORDS FROM stodgy
stodg·i·ly, adverbstodg·i·ness, nounWords nearby stodgy
stock whip, Stockwood, stocky, stockyard, stodge, stodgy, stoep, stogy, Stoic, stoical, stoichiology
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stodgy
/ (ˈstɒdʒɪ) /
adjective stodgier or stodgiest
(of food) heavy or uninteresting
excessively formal and conventional
Derived forms of stodgy
stodgily, adverbstodginess, nounWord Origin for stodgy
C19: from stodge
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