Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, stuffy |
| Synonyms: | banausic, boring, dim, dreary, formal, heavy, labored, monotonous, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, ponderous, staid, tedious, turgid, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, weighty |
| Antonyms: | adventurous, exciting, ready, willing |
| Main Entry: | dowdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poorly dressed; old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy, frumpy, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, plain, run-down, scrubby, shabby, slatternly, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, unstylish, untidy, vintage, wrinkled |
| Antonyms: | chic, classy, fashionable, modern |
| Main Entry: | frumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dowdy |
| Synonyms: | badly dressed, baggy, blowsy, dingy, drab, dull, frumpish, homely, old-fashioned, outdated, plain, poorly dressed, shabby, sloppy, stodgy, unfashionable, unkempt, unstylish |
| Main Entry: | pedestrian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | everyday, dull |
| Synonyms: | banal, banausic, blah*, boring, commonplace, dim, dreary, flat, humdrum*, inane, jejune, mediocre, monotone, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, platitudinous, plodding, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, stodgy, truistic, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | different, exceptional, extraordinary, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ponderous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dreary, tedious |
| Synonyms: | arid, barren, cardboard, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum*, labored, lifeless, long-winded, monotonous, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, prolix, stiff*, stilted, stodgy, stuffy, vapid, verbose, wooden |
| Antonyms: | fun, light |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stuffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old-fashioned, prim |
| Synonyms: | Victorian, arrogant, bloated, conventional, dreary, dull, fusty, genteel, humorless, important, magisterial, musty, narrow-minded, pompous, priggish, prim and proper, prissy, prudish, puffy, puritanical, self-important, staid, stilted, stodgy, straitlaced, uninteresting |
| Antonyms: | current, informal, modern, new |
| Main Entry: | tacky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, down-at-heel, faded, frumpy, gaudy, inelegant, mangy, messy, nasty*, out-of-date, outmoded, poky, ratty, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, sloppy*, slovenly, stodgy, threadbare, unbecoming, unkempt, unstylish, unsuitable, untidy, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | classy, expensive, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | earthbound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull |
| Synonyms: | colorless, drab, dreary, dry, flat, flavorless, humdrum, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, spiritless, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting |
| Main Entry: | frumpish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tacky |
| Synonyms: | boring, cheesy, dowdy, drab, dull, frumpy, homely, old-fashioned, plain, shabby, stodgy, styleless, unattractive, unfashionable, unkempt, unstylish |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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