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STODGY (stodgier, stodgiest)
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, stodgiest Dictionary entry overview: What does stodgy mean?
• STODGY (adjective)
The adjective STODGY has 3 senses:
1. heavy and starchy and hard to digest
2. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
3. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
Familiarity information: STODGY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: stodgiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heavy and starchy and hard to digest
Context example:
a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full
Similar:
indigestible (digested with difficulty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
Synonyms:
fogyish; moss-grown; mossy; stick-in-the-mud; stodgy
Context example:
moss-grown ideas about family life
Similar:
unfashionable; unstylish (not in accord with or not following current fashion)
Derivation:
stodginess (dull and pompous gravity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
Synonyms:
stodgy; stuffy
Context example:
a stodgy dinner party
Similar:
conventional (following accepted customs and proprieties)
Derivation:
stodginess (dull and pompous gravity)
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