- stodgy adj
- ['stɒdʒɪ]
-ier comp -iest superl (food, book) pesante, indigesto (-a), (person) pesante
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stodgy — [adj] dull, stuffy banausic, boring, dim, dreary, formal, heavy, labored, monotonous, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, ponderous, staid, tedious, turgid, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, weighty; concepts 401,404 Ant.… … New thesaurus
stodgy — adj. Stodgy is used with these nouns: ↑food … Collocations dictionary
stodgy — [stä′jē] adj. stodgier, stodgiest [< STODGE + Y2] 1. heavy and unpalatable: said of food 2. heavily built; bulky and slow in movement 3. dull; tedious; uninteresting 4. drab, unfashionable … English World dictionary
stodgy — adj 1. dull, dull as dishwater, uninteresting, boring, boresome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dreary, dry, dry as dust, Sl. dead, Sl. deadly; flat, bland, insipid, vapid, jejune, Sl. for the birds, Sl. nothing, Sl. blah; ponderous, elephantine;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
stodgy — adj. (stodgier, stodgiest) 1 (of food) heavy and indigestible. 2 dull and uninteresting. 3 (of a literary style etc.) turgid and dull. Derivatives: stodgily adv. stodginess n … Useful english dictionary
stodgy — [[t]stɒ̱ʤi[/t]] stodgier, stodgiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Stodgy food is very solid and heavy. It makes you feel very full, and is difficult to digest. He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n… … English dictionary
stodgy — stodgily, adv. stodginess, n. /stoj ee/, adj., stodgier, stodgiest. 1. heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel. 2. of a thick, semisolid consistency; heavy, as food. 3. stocky; thick set. 4. old… … Universalium
stodgy — stodg|y [ˈstɔdʒi US ˈsta: ] adj 1.) if someone or something is stodgy, they are boring and formal or old fashioned used to show disapproval ▪ a stodgy play 2.) BrE stodgy food is heavy and makes you feel full very quickly used to show disapproval … Dictionary of contemporary English
stodgy — [ˈstɒdʒi] adj 1) stodgy food is solid and not pleasant to eat 2) boring and not willing to do things … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
stodgy — stodg•y [[t]ˈstɒdʒ i[/t]] 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[/ex] • Etymology: 1815–25… … From formal English to slang
stodgy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. short, thickset, stocky; sluggish, slow, obstinate, stolid; tedious, dull, unimaginative; backward, old fashioned. See permanence, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. boring, uninteresting,… … English dictionary for students
