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Stodginess
see synonyms of stodginessNoun
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Stodginess
see synonyms of stodginessadjectiveWord forms: stodgier or stodgiest
1.
(of food) heavy or uninteresting
2.
excessively formal and conventional
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Stodginess
see synonyms of stodginess adjectiveWord forms: ˈstodgier or ˈstodgiest
1.
heavy and unpalatable
said of food2.
heavily built; bulky and slow in movement
3.
dull; tedious; uninteresting
4.
drab, unfashionable, or unattractive
5.
stubbornly old-fashioned; narrow and conventional
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Stodginess
see synonyms of stodginessadj. stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est
1.
a. Dull, unimaginative, and commonplace. See Synonyms at dull.
b. Old-fashioned and stuffy: "Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humor!" (Katherine Mansfield).
2. Indigestible and starchy; heavy: stodgy food.
3. Solidly built; stocky.
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