Synonyms for stodgy
ˈstɒdʒ istodgy

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1. stodgyadjective

   heavy and starchy and hard to digest

   "stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"

   Synonyms:
   fogyish, stuffy, mossy, moss-grown, stick-in-the-mud(p)

   Antonyms:
   digestible, unconventional, fashionable, stylish

2. fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(p), stodgyadjective

   (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned

   "moss-grown ideas about family life"

   Antonyms:
   stylish, unconventional, digestible, fashionable

3. stodgy, stuffyadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   moss-grown, unaired, fogyish, close, stuffy, mossy, airless, stick-in-the-mud(p)

   Antonyms:
   stylish, fashionable, digestible, unconventional

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1. stodgyadjective

   Synonyms:
   stuffed, distended, lumpish

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