stodgy

Meaning

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

Synonyms

stuffy

boring

weighty

heavy

dull

onerous

burdensome

fogyish

mossy

moss-grown

bulky

hidebound

fusty

uninteresting

stick-in-the-mud

old-fashioned

thick

unfashionable

drab

dreary

tedious

wearisome

tiresome

démodé

frumpish

cumbrous

bleak

frumpy

frowzy

gaunt

cross

flat

leaden

firm

beefy

antiquated

labored

irksome

insular

indigestible

illiberal

drear

humdrum

horrible

brutal

laboured

bearing

logy

lumpish

hefty

Translations

pesado

indigesto

onverteerbaar

lourd

aburrido

schwer

saai

schwerfällig

βαρύς

ennuyeux

vervelend

pesante

qurs

brutus

bourratif

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɒ.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

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