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STODGINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stodginess mean?
• STODGINESS (noun)
The noun STODGINESS has 1 sense:
1. dull and pompous gravity
Familiarity information: STODGINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dull and pompous gravity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
stodginess; stuffiness
Hypernyms ("stodginess" is a kind of...):
graveness; gravity; soberness; sobriety; somberness; sombreness (a manner that is serious and solemn)
Derivation:
stodgy (excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull)
stodgy ((used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned)
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