Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: stodgy
IPA transcription: [st'ɑdʒi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: stodgy, stuffy
    Meaning: 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: fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(p), stodgy
    Meaning: (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"
  • Synonyms: stodgy
    Meaning: heavy and starchy and hard to digest; "stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
Usage examples
  • There was no passion in the stodgy movements of the great paddy arms.