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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")
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