stodgy
/'stɔdʤii/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Excessively conventional, unimaginative, and dull: Describes something or someone that is overly traditional, lacking in creativity or excitement, and therefore boring.
- (Used pejoratively) Out of fashion; old-fashioned: Describes ideas, styles, or things that are considered outdated or no longer modern.
- Heavy, starchy, and hard to digest: Describes food that is very filling, often dense with carbohydrates, and can feel heavy in the stomach.
Examples of Usage
- Describing something conventional/dull:
- The lecture was so stodgy that half the audience fell asleep.
- He has a stodgy, conservative approach to management.
- Describing something old-fashioned:
- The club's stodgy rules haven't changed since the 1950s.
- Her stodgy views on technology are holding the team back.
- Describing food:
- After the stodgy meal of meat and potatoes, I felt too full to move.
- The pudding was delicious but incredibly stodgy.
Advanced Usage
- "Stodginess" (noun): The quality of being stodgy.
- The stodginess of the institution prevents any real innovation.
- Used to describe abstract concepts like institutions, writing, or atmospheres.
- The report was criticized for its stodgy prose.
- The party had a stodgy atmosphere, with everyone standing around quietly.
Variants and Related Words
- Stodge (noun): Heavy, starchy food.
- I can't eat all this stodge.
- Stodgily (adverb): In a stodgy manner.
- The committee stodgily rejected every new proposal.
Synonyms
- Dull: Lacking interest or excitement.
- Unimaginative: Lacking creativity or originality.
- Heavy: (For food) Solid and filling, making you feel full quickly.
- Outdated: No longer current or modern.
- Tedious: Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome.
Antonyms
- Innovative: Featuring new methods; advanced and original.
- Light: (For food) Easy to digest; not heavy or rich.
- Modern: Relating to the present or recent times.
- Exciting: Causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.
- Imaginative: Having or showing creativity or inventiveness.
Related Idioms/Phrases
- "A stodgy old...": A common collocation used to emphasize that something is both boring and outdated.
- He works for a stodgy old bank that still uses paper files.
- While "stodgy" itself is not typically part of phrasal verbs, it is often used in the phrase "stodgy and..." paired with similar adjectives for emphasis.
- The textbook was stodgy and impenetrable.
Adjective
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
- why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
- a stodgy dinner party
- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
- moss-grown ideas about family life
- heavy and starchy and hard to digest
- stodgy food
- a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full