stodge

Definition of stodgenext
British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stodge In the oven, the zucchini gave enough liquid to finish cooking the rice, and the cream was a more delicate binder than roux, which so frequently turns a gratin into stodge. New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stodge
Noun
  • There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For the benefit of us old fogies?
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Bostwick starred as the naive stick-in-the-mud and fiancé of Janice, Brad.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In the Herbert Ross film, Bacon played big-city teen Ren McCormack, who moves to the small town of Bomont, where its stick-in-the-mud local minster, the Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), has instituted a ban on dancing.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Among the highlights is a chance to set foot on the coral island of Rurutu, with troglodyte caves and hiking routes.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Many wonders made the list, including royal burial grounds in Egypt, an Indonesian archipelago of 1,500 islands and Turkish cliffs formerly inhabited by Bronze Age troglodytes (cave dwellers).
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Its head and teeth were not among the fossils recovered, but the researchers have a good idea of its feeding preferences based on other sauropods.
    Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • The fossil economy was built on extraction and combustion, where fuels are dug up, shipped, burned and mostly wasted as heat; the electric economy is built on manufacturing, software, grids, devices and efficiency, where technologies improve, scale and connect.
    Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • For someone who’s constantly on speakerphone, Tommy sure is a fuddy-duddy about using it correctly.
    William Earl, Variety, 30 Nov. 2025
  • To some, Superman is a fuddy-duddy in a cape.
    Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • This is probably considered a throwback by today's standards, especially on a college campus.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • An affectionate throwback to overly earnest TV movies (and a knowing send-up of over-the-top bad-girl flicks), this film marks the feature debut as writer-director for comedian John Early, who also stars.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The company is also working to bring back the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, the dodo, and the moa.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Since announcing its project to bring back the woolly mammoth in 2021, Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to de-extinct two birds, the dodo and the moa, the Australian thylacine or Tasmanian tiger and the dire wolf.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Stodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stodge. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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