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stodgy Definition

stodgy (stä)

adjective stodgi·er, stodgi·est

  1. heavy and unpalatable: said of food
  2. heavily built; bulky and slow in movement
  3. dull; tedious; uninteresting
  4. drab, unfashionable, or unattractive
  5. stubbornly old-fashioned; narrow and conventional

Etymology: < stodge + -y

stodgy Related Forms
stodgi·ly adverb stodgi·ness noun
stodgy Synonyms

stodgy

modif.

stodgy Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • food: We are conditioned to associate stodgy food with comfort.
  • pudding: I think all the stodgy puddings that used to be on school dinner menus are fun to try at home.
  • steering: The stodgy steering also does little to inspire the driver's confidence.
  • rice: How on earth do you make stodgy rice, and why would you want to when it's easier not to?
  • dish: This banqueting table already creaks under the weight of such stodgy signature dishes as Iraq, personal avarice and fiscal dishonesty.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: Tony Oliver was the rather stodgy solicitor Gerald, and Keith Graham was suitably nasty as the successful businessman Beevers.
  • very: To the very stodgy members of the Royal Academy, Stavans's work only serves to desecrate pure Spanish.
  • too: I have had some fairly good results but nothing like my favorite kind of crispy but not too stodgy bhajees.
  • somewhat: All of which makes for a somewhat stodgy read.
  • quite: All of a sudden it will go quite stodgy, allow to simmer like this for a minute.
  • not: The consistency should be quite thick, but not stodgy.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Retrospectively, neon seems as stodgy as the carving on a Victorian town hall.
  • feel: Somehow the bike seems to feel more stodgy than it used to - the opposite of the fun factor mentioned earlier.
  • become: It does not overpower the flavor of the filling and is light enough to prevent the sandwich from becoming stodgy.

Browse dictionary entries near stodgy

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  3. stocky
  4. Stockton-on-Tees
  5. Stockton
  6. stocktaking
  7. stockroom
  8. stockpot
  9. Stockport
  10. stockpile
  1. stogie
  2. Stoic
  3. stoical
  4. stoichiometry
  5. Stoicism
  6. stoke
  7. Stoke Newington
  8. Stoke-on-Trent
  9. stokehold
  10. stokehole