stodgiest
Least exciting option
Stodgiest is the superlative of stodgy—the most dull, heavy, or old-fashioned of a group.
Food that is stodgiest sits heaviest in the stomach.
The stodgiest person in a room is the most boringly conventional: Even the stodgiest board members couldn't object to that proposal.
Following long-held customs
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- hideboundRigidly adhering to tradition
provincial · parochial · fuddy-duddy · stick-in-the-mud · buttoned-up · strait-laced · stuffy · square
Failing to engage interest
- tediousBoring through length
- unimaginativeLacking creative originality
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- drearyDull and depressing
bland · heavy · ponderous · leaden · dry · plodding · pedestrian · prosaic
Old and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
passé · fusty · musty · moth-eaten · superannuated · antediluvian · anachronistic · old-world
Firmly refusing to yield
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
intransigent · uncompromising · headstrong · willful · unbending · immovable · inflexible · rigid
traditional
Following long-held customs
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
hidebound · provincial · parochial · fuddy-duddy · stick-in-the-mud · buttoned-up · strait-laced · stuffy · square · fogeyish
boring
Failing to engage interest
- tediousBoring through length
- unimaginativeLacking creative originality
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
dreary · bland · heavy · ponderous · leaden · dry · plodding · pedestrian · prosaic · unexciting
antiquated
Old and outdated
outmoded · passé · fusty · musty · moth-eaten · superannuated · antediluvian · anachronistic · old-world · behind-the-times
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
mulish · intransigent · uncompromising · headstrong · willful · unbending · immovable · inflexible · rigid · obdurate