stodginess
noun[U]
informaldisapprovinguk/ˈstɒdʒ.i.nəs/us/ˈstɑː.dʒi.nəs/stodginessnoun[U](FOOD)
thequalityof beingheavyand making youfeelfullveryquickly:
让人易饱，稠厚不可口Thismethodgives alightandfluffypuddingwith no stodginess.这种方法做出来的布丁质地轻盈、蓬松，没有一点稠厚的感觉。
- It's notbadtasting, but there's agreasystodginess to itcomparedto some of theothers.
- Breadpuddingseemstodividepeople. Either youthinkit'sdry,blandanduninspiring, or youloveitshomey,comfortingstodginess.
Not pleasant to eat or drink
- (as) tough as old bootsidiom
- acrid
- bitter
- bitterness
- bland
- chewy
- dishwater
- insipidly
- insipidness
- like dishwateridiom
- mouldy
- overripe
- pungent
- stale
- staleness
- stick tosomeone'sribsidiom
- stodgy
- swill
- unripe
- watery
stodginessnoun[U](BORING)
thequalityof beingboring,formal, orold-fashioned:
the stodginess of someacademicwriting
See
stodgy
- Theystrovetoavoidthe stodginess oftenassociatedwithacademia.
- Wednesday'shearinghad little of the stodginess thatafflictsmanylegislativehearings.
- The stodginess of such acareerwassymbolisedby the stodginess oftheirdress.
- Themediasometimeslampoonher stodginess andoccasionalseverity.
Boredom, tedium and boring things
- banality
- blandness
- boredom
- bromide
- cabin fever
- commonplace
- ennui
- flatness
- frustration
- insipidness
- jejune
- screed
- snooze
- snoozefest
- sterility
- stuffiness
- tediousness
- the same old thingidiom
- treadmill
- yawn
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