stodgy

Meaning

1. Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
2. Dull, old-fashioned.
3. Badly put together.

Synonyms

stuffy

boring

onerous

weighty

dull

heavy

burdensome

stick-in-the-mud

old-fashioned

wearisome

fogyish

moss-grown

mossy

drab

tedious

thick

tiresome

bulky

dreary

hidebound

unfashionable

uninteresting

fusty

gloomy

gruff

harsh

hearty

heavy-duty

hefty

horrible

humdrum

illiberal

indigestible

insular

irksome

labored

laboured

leaden

logy

lumpish

massive

miserable

monotonous

morose

musty

narrow-minded

nasty

nondescript

nonprogressive

obtuse

old-time

ossified

outmoded

out of date

out-of-date

passe

peevish

pettish

petulant

pointless

ponderous

pregnant

prejudiced

prosaic

prosy

rococo

rough

sad

☹️

saturnine

small-minded

solid

somber

sour

stale

standpat

steady

stiff

stocky

stout

straitlaced

sturdy

substantial

sullen

supporting

surly

unappealing

uncool

unenlivened

unexciting

unkind

unlikeable

unpleasant

unventilated

waterlogged

weary

😩

ho-hum

old-hat

unlikable

unprogressive

juiceless

unanimated

prosaical

passee

airless

unstimulating

antediluvian

antiquated

antique

bearing

beefy

bleak

blunt

brutal

cross

cumbrous

démodé

disagreeable

dismal

distasteful

dowdy

drear

firm

flat

frowzy

frumpish

frumpy

gaunt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɒ.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

Unknown, but possibly from stodge (“to stuff”), from stog, or a blend of stuffy + podgy.