Stodgy Definition

stŏjē
stodgier, stodgiest
adjective
stodgier, stodgiest
Heavy and unpalatable.
Webster's New World
Dull; tedious; uninteresting.
Webster's New World
Heavily built; bulky and slow in movement.
Webster's New World
Stubbornly old-fashioned; narrow and conventional.
Webster's New World
Drab, unfashionable, or unattractive.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Stodgy

Adjective

Base Form:
stodgy
Comparative:
stodgier
Superlative:
stodgiest

Origin of Stodgy

  • Unknown, but possibly from stodge (“to stuff"), from stog, or a blend of stuffy and podgy.

    From Wiktionary

  • From stodge thick filling food from stodge to cram

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stodgy Sentence Examples

  • Family reunion games for adults don't have to be mature or stodgy.

  • All of which makes for a somewhat stodgy read.

  • The consistency should be quite thick, but not stodgy.

  • Tony Oliver was the rather stodgy solicitor Gerald, and Keith Graham was suitably nasty as the successful businessman Beevers.

  • To the very stodgy members of the Royal Academy, Stavans's work only serves to desecrate pure Spanish.

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