Definition of STODGY

stodgy

Adjective Satellite

  • heavy and starchy and hard to digest
    • "stodgy food"
    • "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
  • (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
  • 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"

Adj

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

Adjective

  • Dull, uninspired, or lacking in excitement.

Examples

  • His stodgy opening plays meant he was slow to build momentum in Words With Friends.
  • I gave up trying to get that stodgy club to try anything new.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stuffy

Scrabble Score: 11

stodgy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stodgy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stodgy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

stodgy: valid Words With Friends Word