a : having very old-fashioned opinions, attitudes, etc. a stodgy old man.
If someone or something is stodgy, they are dull, unimaginative, and commonplace.
heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel.
Old, cranky, and more than a little stubborn, a curmudgeon is the gruff, grey-haired neighbor who refuses to hand out candy at Halloween and shoos away holiday carolers with a "bah humbug!" As fickle and stubborn as the type of person it describes, curmudgeon comes to us without a history, its origins undisclosed.
If a person or thing is described as stodgy, this can mean that they are boring, heavy set, old fashioned, or inelegant. Be careful when describing things as stodgy; you don't want to cause offense.
Claggy means to be stickily clingy, like mud. In the context of GBBO it is used to describe the texture of a baked good as lumpy or overly sticky and drying in the mouth. Stodgy, on the other hand, describes weight, meaning solid, dense or heavy, making it difficult to digest.
stodgy (adj.)
1823, "thick, semi-solid," from stodge "to stuff, satiate" (1670s), of unknown origin, perhaps somehow imitative. Meaning "dull, heavy" developed by 1874 from use in reference to food (1841).
While a daddy is an attractive older man, a zaddy is a man "with swag" who is attractive and also fashionable. It appears that it has less to do with age. Zayn Malik, previously of One Direction, is a popular zaddy. Ryan Reynolds is also likely a zaddy.
On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to old person, such as: pensioner, retiree, senior, elderly person, geriatric, and golden ager.
Answer. A person who is 100 years old or older is a centenarian. Below you will find some quotes from news stories about centenarians, to show how this word is used. Meanwhile, here are some other words for people who are not quite as old as centenarians: a person who is between 70 and 79 years old is a septuagenarian.
Pronounced ming-ing, this is a lovely word to describe something that isn't quite so lovely. Minging is UK slang for something gross or disgusting.
Dred – dreadful, terrible, cruel, Dry – dull, boring.
Some common synonyms of skinny are gaunt, lanky, lank, lean, rawboned, scrawny, and spare. While all these words mean "thin because of an absence of excess flesh," scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.
Synonyms of chubby (adj.
chunky. flabby. plump. portly. pudgy.
adjective. If you say that someone has a plummy voice or accent, you mean that they sound very upper-class. You usually use plummy to criticize the way someone speaks. [British, disapproval]
A person between 60 and 69 is called a sexagenarian. A person between 70 and 79 is called a septuagenarian. A person between 80 and 89 is called an octogenarian. A person between 90 and 99 is called a nonagenarian.
Geezer: A significantly aged old man. In the UK, it is a slang term used most often to refer simply to a "man" or "guy". Geriatric: Offensive slang (when used in a non-medical context only).
old fogey. old man/old woman. geezer. dinosaur.
Synonyms of handsome (adj.
attractive. beautiful. clean-cut. dapper. elegant.
Cougar is a slang term for a woman who seeks romantic or sexual relationships with significantly younger men, women or both.
A manther is the male version of a cougar, or a middle-aged woman who has the hots for younger men. Manthers are older men who pursue partners significantly younger than them.
The word muffin is thought to come from the Low German muffen, meaning "little cakes". The Oxford English Dictionary also suggests a possible link to Old French moflet, a type of bread.
/ˈstɑdʒi/ (informal) (old-fashioned) serious and boring; not exciting The article was rather stodgy—too many facts. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner's Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London. They're not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.