stick-in-the-mud

n. Informal, pl., stick-in-the-muds.
One who lacks initiative, imagination, or enthusiasm.

noun

An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate: fogy, fossil, fuddy-duddy, mossback. Slang square. See new/old.

n

Definition: person set in their ways
Antonyms: adventurer

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who moves slowly
  Synonyms: plodder, slowpoke, slowcoach

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The adjective stick-in-the-mud has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
  Synonyms: fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stodgy

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tørvetriller, dødbider, hængehoved

Nederlands (Dutch)
ouderwets persoon, iemand die de boel tegenhoudt

Français (French)
n. - routinier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Spießer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) υπερσυντηρητικός

Italiano (Italian)
abitudinario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pachorrento (m)

Русский (Russian)
отсталый человек, консерватор, растяпа, как бишь его, отсталый, косный, расхлябанный, тяжелый на подъем

Español (Spanish)
n. - persona chapada a la antigua

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - person som är jättelångsam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
保守的人, 迟钝的人, 墨守成规者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 保守的人, 遲鈍的人, 墨守成規者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시대에 뒤진 사람, 굼뜬 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 古くさい人, ぐず, のろま

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محافظ, لا يحب التغيير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נחשל, מאובן-דעות‬

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