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stodgy

  (stŏj'ē) pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
    1. Dull, unimaginative, and commonplace.
    2. Prim or pompous; stuffy: “Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humor!” (Katherine Mansfield). See synonyms at dull.
  1. Indigestible and starchy; heavy: stodgy food.
  2. Solidly built; stocky.

[From stodge, thick filling food, from stodge, to cram.]

stodgily stodg'i·ly adv.
stodginess stodg'i·ness n.
 
 
Thesaurus: stodgy

adjective

  1. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise: arid, aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, unimaginative, uninspired. See excite/bore/interest.
  2. Having a dense or viscous consistency: gelatinous, heavy, thick. See solid/liquid/consistency.
  3. Short, heavy, and solidly built: blocky, chunky, compact1, dumpy, heavyset, squat, stocky, stubby, stumpy, thick, thickset. See fat/thin.

 
Antonyms: stodgy

adj

Definition: dull, stuffy
Antonyms: adventurous, exciting, lively, ready, spirited, willing


 


Brit. slang  of a thick, semi-solid consistency; of food: thick, glutinous; of a meal: heavy, hard to get through
 
Translations: Translations for: Stodgy

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ufordøjelig, tung, kedelig, uinteressant

Nederlands (Dutch)
onverteerbaar, log, vervelend, ouderwets

Français (French)
adj. - bourratif, indigeste, ennuyeux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - langweilig, schwerfällig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βαρύς, δύσπεπτος, πηχτός, δυσκίνητος, αργοσάλευτος, ανιαρός, ανούσιος

Italiano (Italian)
indigesto, noioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - indigesto

Русский (Russian)
густой, тяжелый (о пище), скучный, грузный, громоздкий, набитый до отказа, отсталый, неряшливо одетый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indigesto, pesado, abarrotado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tjock, tung, mäktig, mastig, tråkig, svårsmält

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
油腻的, 乏味的, 不易消化的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 油膩的, 乏味的, 不易消化的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 소화가 잘 안 되는, 지루한, 진부한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - こってりした, 重苦しい, 退屈な, ごてごてした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بطىء الحرهك, ثقيل, ممل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סמיך, כבד, קשה, משעמם, חסר-מרץ, חסר-מעוף, (מזון) קשה לעיכול‬


 
 

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