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stodgy


 
  Overview  of  adj  stodgy 
 
  The  adj  stodgy  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fogyish,  moss-grown,  mossy,  stick-in-the-mud,  stodgy  --  ((used  pejoratively)  out  of  fashion;  old  fashioned;  "moss-grown  ideas  about  family  life") 
  2.  stodgy,  stuffy  --  (excessively  conventional  and  unimaginative  and  hence  dull;  "why  is  the  middle  class  so  stodgy,  so  utterly  without  a  sense  of  humor?";  "a  stodgy  dinner  party") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  stodgy 
 
  2  senses  of  stodgy 
 
  Sense  1 
  fogyish,  moss-grown,  mossy,  stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),  stodgy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unfashionable)  ->  fashionable,  stylish 
 
  Sense  2 
  stodgy,  stuffy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  conventional)  ->  unconventional 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  conventional,  conventional)  ->  unconventional 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  stodgy 
 
  2  senses  of  stodgy 
 
  Sense  1 
  fogyish,  moss-grown,  mossy,  stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),  stodgy 
  =>  unfashionable  (vs.  fashionable),  unstylish,  out  of  fashion 
 
  Sense  2 
  stodgy,  stuffy 
  =>  conventional  (vs.  unconventional)  (vs.  unconventional) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  stodgy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  stodgy 
 
  stodgy  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  stodgy 
  stodgy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  stodgy 
 
  The  adj  stodgy  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fogyish,  moss-grown,  mossy,  stick-in-the-mud,  stodgy  --  ((used  pejoratively)  out  of  fashion;  old  fashioned;  "moss-grown  ideas  about  family  life") 
  2.  stodgy,  stuffy  --  (excessively  conventional  and  unimaginative  and  hence  dull;  "why  is  the  middle  class  so  stodgy,  so  utterly  without  a  sense  of  humor?";  "a  stodgy  dinner  party") 



stodgy definition