stodginess

/'stɔdʤinis/

Thân thiện

The professor's stodginess made the lecture feel endless.

Definition

Noun: 1. Dull and pompous gravity: The quality of being tediously serious, overly formal, and self-importantly dull. It describes a manner or style that is boringly conventional and lacks liveliness or imagination. 2. Heaviness or dullness: The state of being heavy, uninteresting, or tediously substantial.

Examples of Usage

• The stodginess of the professor's lectures made it difficult for students to stay awake.
• The company's reputation for stodginess prevented it from attracting young, innovative talent.
• She was determined to modernize the institution and eliminate its stodginess.

Advanced Usage

• "The stodginess of the proceedings": Used to describe the boringly formal and tedious nature of an event, such as a meeting or ceremony.
  • The stodginess of the proceedings was relieved only by a brief, humorous speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Stodgy (adj): Having the qualities of stodginess; dull, heavy, or old-fashioned.
  • The restaurant served stodgy, traditional food.
  • He was a stodgy old bureaucrat.
• Stodge (n, informal): Heavy, starchy, and often unappetizing food.

Synonyms

• Dullness: Lacking interest or excitement.
• Tedium: The state of being tedious.
• Pomposity: The quality of being pompous; self-importance.
• Solemnity: The state or quality of being serious and dignified (can be neutral or positive, whereas stodginess is negative).

Antonyms

• Liveliness: Full of life and energy.
• Innovation: The introduction of new ideas or methods.
• Lightness: Lack of heaviness or seriousness.

Học thuật

Noun

1. dull and pompous gravity

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stuffiness