stodgy
adjective/ˈstɒdʒi/
/ˈstɑːdʒi/
(especially British English, informal, usually disapproving)- (of food) heavy and making you feel very full
- stodgy puddings
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- serious and boring; not exciting
- The article was rather stodgy—too many facts.
- The party needs to modernize its stodgy, doctrinaire image.
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