Stodgy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

heavy and starchy and hard to digest

(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈɑːdʒi/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈɒdʒi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈɒdʒi/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈɑːdʒi/.

Examples

stodgy food
a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full
moss-grown ideas about family life

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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

Parts of Speech

adjective	heavy and starchy and hard to digest “stodgy food”
adjective	(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned “moss-grown ideas about family life”
adjective	excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull “why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?”

Word Forms

stodginess	noun	dull and pompous gravity
stuffiness	noun	dull and pompous gravity

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schwerfällig

schwer und stärkehaltig und schwer verdaulich

🇫🇷French

lourd

lourd et féculent et difficile à digérer

🇪🇸Spanish

pesado

pesado y almidonado y difícil de digerir

🇮🇹Italian

noioso

pesante, amidaceo e difficile da digerire

🇳🇱Dutch

stug

zwaar en zetmeelrijk en moeilijk verteerbaar

🇵🇹Portuguese

indigesto

pesado e amiláceo e difícil de digerir

🇷🇺Russian

скучный

тяжелый, крахмалистый и трудно перевариваемый

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फूला हुआ

भारी और स्टार्चयुक्त और पचाने में कठिन

🇧🇩Bengali

মজবুত

ভারী এবং স্টার্চি এবং হজম করা কঠিন

🇮🇳Tamil

தடுமாற்றமான

கனமான மற்றும் மாவுச்சத்து மற்றும் ஜீரணிக்க கடினமாக உள்ளது

🇮🇳Telugu

చంచలమైన

భారీ మరియు పిండి మరియు జీర్ణం కష్టం

🇮🇳Marathi

भक्कम

जड आणि पिष्टमय आणि पचायला जड

🇮🇳Gujarati

કઠોર

ભારે અને સ્ટાર્ચયુક્ત અને પચવામાં મુશ્કેલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಡ್ಡ

ಭಾರೀ ಮತ್ತು ಪಿಷ್ಟ ಮತ್ತು ಜೀರ್ಣಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಕಷ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഇടതൂർന്ന

കനത്തതും അന്നജവും ദഹിക്കാൻ പ്രയാസവുമാണ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਠੋਰ

ਭਾਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਸਟਾਰਚ ਅਤੇ ਹਜ਼ਮ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਔਖਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

مضبوط

بھاری اور نشاستہ دار اور ہضم کرنا مشکل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

古板的

重且淀粉含量高且难以消化

🇯🇵Japanese

ずんぐりした

重くてでんぷん質で消化が難しい

🇰🇷Korean

꽉 채운

무겁고 딱딱하며 소화하기 어렵다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ù lì

nặng và nhiều tinh bột và khó tiêu hóa

🇹🇭Thai

หนักแน่น

หนักและเป็นแป้งและย่อยยาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

kolot

berat dan bertepung dan sulit dicerna

🇵🇭Filipino

matigas ang ulo

mabigat at starchy at mahirap matunaw

🇲🇾Malay

terkial-kial

berat dan berkanji serta sukar dihadam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

طويل القامة

ثقيلة ونشوية وصعبة الهضم

🇮🇷Persian

خشن

سنگین و نشاسته ای و سخت هضم می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

hantal

ağır ve nişastalı ve sindirimi zor

🇮🇱Hebrew

כָּבֵד וּמְשַׁעֲמֶם

כבד ועמילני וקשה לעיכול

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