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- pronunciation:
- sta
ji
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
stodgier, stodgiest |
| definition 1: |
lacking imagination, liveliness, or interest; dull; colorless.
She thought her mother's clothes were stodgy.- antonyms:
- avant-garde, interesting, lively
- similar words:
- dowdy
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| definition 2: |
lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim.
He didn't share his wife's stodgy attitude toward nightclubs. |
| definition 3: |
heavy and filling, as food.
- antonyms:
- light
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| related words: |
pedestrian |
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| derivations: |
stodgily (adv.), stodginess (n.) |
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