stodgier
Duller and heavier
Stodgier is the comparative form of stodgy, describing something more heavy, dull, or old-fashioned than something else.
Food that is stodgier sits heavier in the stomach—think dense puddings or overcooked pasta.
Applied to people, institutions, or ideas, stodgier suggests greater resistance to change or a more boring quality: The newer campus felt livelier than the stodgier original buildings.
His later novels grew stodgier and less inventive.
Failing to engage interest
- unimaginativeLacking creative originality
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- tediousBoring through length
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
humdrum · dreary · stale · bland · unexciting · dry · lifeless · pedestrian
Closely packed together
- fillingMaterial placed within
- richHaving much of something
- indigestibleCannot be absorbed
- thickHaving great depth
hearty · substantial · leaden · bloating · glutinous · cloying · lumpy · overcooked
Adherent to established customs
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
stuffy · fuddy-duddy · buttoned-up · conformist · establishment · puritanical · provincial · hidebound
Careful to avoid risk
- timidLacking courage or confidence
- risk-aversePreferring safety over uncertainty
- unadventurousAvoiding risk or novelty
- unenterprisingLacking ambition or initiative
stick-in-the-mud · predictable · safe · unambitious · complacent · incurious · narrow · blinkered
boring
Failing to engage interest
- unimaginativeLacking creative originality
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- tediousBoring through length
plodding · humdrum · dreary · stale · bland · unexciting · dry · lifeless · pedestrian · prosaic
dense
Closely packed together
- fillingMaterial placed within
- richHaving much of something
- indigestibleCannot be absorbed
thick · hearty · substantial · leaden · bloating · glutinous · cloying · lumpy · overcooked · mushy
traditionalist
Adherent to established customs
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
strait-laced · stuffy · fuddy-duddy · buttoned-up · conformist · establishment · puritanical · provincial · hidebound · square
cautious
Careful to avoid risk
- timidLacking courage or confidence
- risk-aversePreferring safety over uncertainty
- unadventurousAvoiding risk or novelty
unenterprising · stick-in-the-mud · predictable · safe · unambitious · complacent · incurious · narrow · blinkered · unyielding