stodginess

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stodg·y

(stŏj′ē)

adj. stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est

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.

[From stodge, thick filling food, from stodge, to cram.]

stodg′i·ly adv.

stodg′i·ness n.

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Noun

stodginess - dull and pompous gravity

stuffiness

graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn

stodginess

noun

A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest:

asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, dullness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, sterileness, sterility, vapidity, vapidness, weariness.

Translations

عَدم حَيَوِيَّه

špatná stravitelnost

kedsomhed

Schwerverdaulichkeit

lourdeur

òyngsli

zlá stráviteľnosť

sıkıcılık

迟钝

stodge

(stodʒ) noun

heavy, solid food.

ˈstodgy adjective

1. (of meals etc) consisting of stodge. stodgy food.

2. (of people, books etc) dull; not lively.

ˈstodginess noun

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