Meaning of 'stodgy'
Meaning of 'stodgy' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
Example in sentence:
- moss-grown ideas about family life
Meaning (2):
- heavy and starchy and hard to digest
- heavy and starchy and hard to digest
Example in sentence:
- a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full;
- stodgy food
Meaning (3):
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
Example in sentence:
- a stodgy dinner party;
- why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
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