stodgy
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stodg·y
(stŏj′ē)adj. stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est
1.
a. Dull, unimaginative, and commonplace. See Synonyms at dull.
b. Old-fashioned and stuffy: "Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humor!" (Katherine Mansfield).
2. Indigestible and starchy; heavy: stodgy food.
3. Solidly built; stocky.
[From stodge, thick filling food, from stodge, to cram.]
stodg′i·ly adv.
stodg′i·ness n.
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stodgy
(ˈstɒdʒɪ)adj, stodgier or stodgiest
1. (Cookery) (of food) heavy or uninteresting
2. excessively formal and conventional
[C19: from stodge]
ˈstodgily adv
ˈstodginess n
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stodg•y
(ˈstɒdʒ i)adj. stodg•i•er, stodg•i•est.
1. dull or uninteresting; boring.
2. heavy, as food.
3. stocky; thickset.
4. unduly formal and traditional.
5. dull; graceless; inelegant: a stodgy business suit.
[1815–25]
stodg′i•ly, adv.
stodg′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | stodgy - heavy and starchy and hard to digest; "stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full" indigestible - digested with difficulty |
2. | stodgy - (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life" unfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind" | |
3. | stodgy - excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party" conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" |
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stodgy
adjective
1. heavy, filling, substantial, leaden, starchy He was disgusted by the stodgy pizzas on sale in London.
heavy light, fluffy, insubstantial
heavy light, fluffy, insubstantial
2. dull, boring, stuffy, formal, tedious, tiresome, staid, unimaginative, turgid, uninspired, unexciting, ho-hum, heavy going, fuddy-duddy (informal), dull as ditchwater stodgy old fogies
dull interesting, exciting, stimulating, lively, fresh, fashionable, trendy (Brit. informal), up-to-date, animated, readable
dull interesting, exciting, stimulating, lively, fresh, fashionable, trendy (Brit. informal), up-to-date, animated, readable
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stodgy
adjective1. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise:
2. Having a dense or viscous consistency:
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Translations
باهِت، غَيْر حَيَوي، غَيْر مُمْتِعمُكَوَّن من طَعام ثَقيل وَصَلْب
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stodgy
[ˈstɒdʒɪ] ADJ (stodgier (compar) (stodgiest (superl)))1. [food] → indigesto
2. (fig) [book, style, person] → pesado
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stodgy
adj (+er) food → pampig (inf), → schwer; style → schwerfällig; subject → trocken; book → schwer verdaulich; person → langweilig, fad
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stodgy
[ˈstɒdʒɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (food, book) → pesante, indigesto/a; (person) → pesanteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stodge
(stodʒ) noun heavy, solid food.
ˈstodgy adjective1. (of meals etc) consisting of stodge. stodgy food.
2. (of people, books etc) dull; not lively.
ˈstodginess nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.