stodgyadjective
uk/ˈstɒdʒ.i/us/ˈstɑː.dʒi/informal disapprovingstodgy adjective (FOOD)
UK Stodgy food is heavy and unhealthy, sometimes in an unpleasant way:
I've been eating too many stodgy puddings.
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Not pleasant to eat or drink
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- bad
- bitter
- bitterness
- bland
- chewy
- go off
- like dishwater idiom
- mouldy
- overripe
- pappy
- pigswill
- sour
- stick
- swim
- tasteless
- tough
- undercook
- underdone
- unpalatable
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stodgy adjective (BORING)
boring, serious, and formal:
Neither company has succeeded in shedding its stodgy image.
Younger consumers, it is said, regard their products as stodgy and unfashionable.
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Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- antiseptic
- banal
- be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom
- bland
- boring
- drab
- earthbound
- flat-footed
- lifeless
- middle-aged
- mind-numbing
- monochrome
- monotonous
- mouldy
- tedious
- threadbare
- tired
- tiresome
- trite
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stodginess
noun [ U ] uk/ˈstɒdʒ.i.nəs/us/ˈstɑː.dʒi.nəs/