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- Dictionarystodgy/ˈstɒdʒi/
adjective
- 1. (of food) heavy, filling, and high in carbohydrates: British "he loves stodgy puddings" Similar Opposite
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STODGY definition: 1. Stodgy food is heavy and unhealthy, sometimes in an unpleasant way: 2. boring, serious, and…. Learn more.
1. : having a rich filling quality : heavy. stodgy bread. 2. : moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness. 3. : boring, dull. out on a peaceful rather stodgy Sunday boat trip Edna Ferber. 4. : extremely old-fashioned : hidebound. received a pompously Victorian letter from his stodgy father E. E. S. Montagu. 5. a.
STODGY meaning: 1. Stodgy food is heavy and unhealthy, sometimes in an unpleasant way: 2. boring, serious, and…. Learn more.
Stodgy definition: heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring. See examples of STODGY used in a sentence.
adjective. 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” synonyms: stuffy. conventional. following accepted customs and proprieties. adjective. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned.
If you describe someone or something as stodgy, you dislike them or are bored by them because they are very old-fashioned or serious. [ disapproval ] They're not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.
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.
Definition of stodgy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
definition 2: lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim. He didn't share his wife's stodgy attitude toward nightclubs.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English stodgy stodg‧y / ˈstɒdʒi $ ˈstɑː-/ adjective 1 BORING if someone or something is stodgy, they are boring and formal or old-fashioned – used to show disapproval a stodgy play 2 FULL British English stodgy food is heavy and makes you feel full very quickly – used to show disapproval OPP ...
