Stodgy has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
heavy and starchy and hard to digest
"stodgy food"
"a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
2
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
"moss-grown ideas about family life"
3
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"
4
Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
Example Sentences
"stodgy food"
adjective
"a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
adjective
"moss-grown ideas about family life"
adjective
"why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"
adjective
"a stodgy dinner party"
adjective