STODGY Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

stodgy

adjective

ˈstä-jē

Definition of stodgy

as in boring

causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest the sitcom was offbeat and interesting in its first season, but has since become predictable and stodgy

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Recent Examples of stodgy That sort of living-document approach helps keep The Invite from coming off as overly stagy or stodgy. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026 For decades, we have been used to teams avoiding risk at all costs, playing stodgy, sideways soccer that seeks to prevent a random mistake from deciding things. — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2026 This is the story of Cukor’s private war against a stodgy Pentagon bureaucracy. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 There’s also the idea that Hollywood finally, after being very stodgy, began to change its marketing and advertising policies. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stodgy

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Adjective

Far fewer people stay responsible when the work turns boring, unclear or inconvenient, and that's precisely when ownership surfaces.

— Somdutta Singh, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Monocultures can be boring, but on the flipside, a huge collection of individual species looks like a busy bowl of potpourri.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2026

Definition of boring

Adjective

The infant, who is 9 months old, was rescued along with her mother, the State Department told Fox News Digital.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
While students honed their skills at the Santa Monica studio for the last year and four months, Blanck found an old pilates studio in Pacific Highlands for rent, but the numbers just didn't add up.

— Rina Nakano, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of old

Adjective

The 90 minutes or more will be highly physical and tiring, and only one will remain standing at the end.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
The head coach was clumsy in his response, saying — in effect — that the player is better suited to being an impact substitute and taking advantage of tiring opposition defenders.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of tiring

Adjective

And ever since, ships full of travelers, weary from long journeys, have passed through the narrows, the winds of the Atlantic at their backs.

— Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
As America turns 250, the semiquincentennial feels like a dud — a far cry from 1976’s bicentennial blowout, when pop culture and communal celebrations united a weary nation.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of weary

Adjective

All 182 guest rooms were given a fresh coat of dusty rose paint, new custom carpet, furniture and upgraded bathrooms.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
At the same time, her eyes were free of the ultimate Millennial marker, winged liner, and colored with a melting pot of brown, bronze and dusty gray shadow, visible in her waterline, too.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 July 2026

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