stodgy food

См. также в других словарях:

• stodgy — [[t]stɒ̱ʤi[/t]] stodgier, stodgiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Stodgy food is very solid and heavy. It makes you feel very full, and is difficult to digest. He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n… …   English dictionary

• stodgy — stodg|y [ˈstɔdʒi US ˈsta: ] adj 1.) if someone or something is stodgy, they are boring and formal or old fashioned used to show disapproval ▪ a stodgy play 2.) BrE stodgy food is heavy and makes you feel full very quickly used to show disapproval …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stodgy — adjective 1 stodgy food is heavy and makes you feel full very quickly 2 BrE informal stodgy writing is dull and difficult to read 3 a stodgy person is dull and behaves rather formally stodginess noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stodgy — UK [ˈstɒdʒɪ] / US [ˈstɑdʒɪ] adjective Word forms stodgy : adjective stodgy comparative stodgier superlative stodgiest 1) stodgy food is heavy and makes you feel too full 2) boring and not easy to read 3) boring and not willing to try new things …   English dictionary

• stodgy — [ˈstɒdʒi] adj 1) stodgy food is solid and not pleasant to eat 2) boring and not willing to do things …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• stodgy — 1823, of a thick, semi solid consistency, from stodge to stuff (1670s), of unknown origin, perhaps somehow imitative. Meaning dull, heavy developed by 1874 from noun sense of stodge applied to food (1825) …   Etymology dictionary

• stodgy — [stä′jē] adj. stodgier, stodgiest [< STODGE + Y2] 1. heavy and unpalatable: said of food 2. heavily built; bulky and slow in movement 3. dull; tedious; uninteresting 4. drab, unfashionable …   English World dictionary

• stodgy — stodgily, adv. stodginess, n. /stoj ee/, adj., stodgier, stodgiest. 1. heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel. 2. of a thick, semisolid consistency; heavy, as food. 3. stocky; thick set. 4. old… …   Universalium

• food — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, excellent, good, great, superb, tasty, wonderful ▪ favourite/favorite ▪ decent …   Collocations dictionary

• food —    The history of any nation’s diet is the history of the nation itself, with food fashions, fads and fancies mapping episodes of colonialism and migration, trade and exploration, cultural exchange and boundary marking. British food is no… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• stodgy — adj. Stodgy is used with these nouns: ↑food …   Collocations dictionary