English adjective: stodgy | |||
| 1. | stodgy heavy and starchy and hard to digest | ||
| Samples | Stodgy food. A stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full. | ||
| Similar | indigestible | ||
| Antonyms | digestible | ||
| 2. | stodgy (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned | ||
| Samples | Moss-grown ideas about family life. | ||
| Synonyms | fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud | ||
| Similar | unfashionable, unstylish | ||
| Antonyms | fashionable, stylish | ||
| 3. | stodgy excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull | ||
| Samples | Why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?. A stodgy dinner party. | ||
| Synonyms | stuffy | ||
| Similar | conventional | ||
| Antonyms | unconventional, unconventional | ||