adj
Meaning 1
Dull, old-fashioned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I gave up trying to get that stodgy club to try anything new.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stodgy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: stŏʹjē
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɒ.d͡ʒi/
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rhymes with -ɒdʒi
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Badly put together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
- a stodgy dinner party
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stuffy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- moss-grown ideas about family life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(p)
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
heavy and starchy and hard to digest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- stodgy food
- a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Unknown, but possibly from stodge (“to stuff”), from stog, or a blend of stuffy + podgy.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тежък (težǎk) — thick (food)
- Bulgarian: засищащ (zasištašt) — thick (food)
- Czech: těžký — thick (food)
- Czech: těžko stravitelný — thick (food)
- French: consistant — thick (food)
- Polish: ciężki — thick (food)
- Polish: ciężkostrawny — thick (food)
- Russian: густо́й (gustój) — thick (food)
- Spanish: pesado — thick (food)
- Spanish: indigesto — thick (food)
- Spanish: apelmazado — thick (food)
- Bulgarian: скучен (skučen) — dull
- Bulgarian: досаден (dosaden) — dull
- Czech: nezáživný — dull
- Czech: nudný — dull
- Dutch: saai — dull
- Esperanto: enuiga — dull
- Esperanto: teda — dull
- Irish: stalcánta — dull
- Russian: ску́чный (skúčnyj) — dull
- Russian: ну́дный (núdnyj) — dull
- Spanish: pesado — dull
- Spanish: aburrido — dull
- Spanish: denso — dull