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stodgy

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stodgy in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
    "moss-grown ideas about family life"
    fogyish  moss-grown  mossy  stick-in-the-mud  stodgy 
  2. 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  stuffy 
  3. heavy and starchy and hard to digest
    "stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
    stodgy 
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