fogyish

adjective

variants or fogeyish
Definition of fogyishnext
as in stodgy

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  1. stodgy
  2. dowdy
  3. set
  4. loyal
  5. faithful
  6. ultraright
Adjective
  • Now, Red Lobster is trying to balance keeping its loyal customers while trying to shake its stodgy image to attract younger ones.
    Maya Huter, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Positives for Marsch; stodgy France - The Briefing Yankees consider benching Anthony Rizzo for multiple games as struggles mount Capitals to purchase popular salary cap website CapFriendly Will Oilers tweak their defensive pairs?
    New York Times, New York Times, 9 June 2024
Definition of stodgy
Adjective
  • In contrast to the depictions of suffragists as dowdy old maids, the woman portrayed in this postcard is conventionally attractive and fashionably dressed.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
  • At 570 Fifth, on the corner of West 46th Street, a new tower will soon rise to replace an array of dowdy prewar holdouts.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 July 2024
Definition of dowdy
Adjective
  • The analysis revealed that constraints can stimulate creative processes by encouraging individuals to explore novel solutions within set boundaries.
    Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Landau-Pope’s policy is to keep handmade cards from her children, while displaying the others for a set period of time, taking a picture of the display, and then recycling them.
    Whizy Kim, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of set
Adjective
  • Now, Red Lobster is trying to balance keeping its loyal customers while trying to shake its stodgy image to attract younger ones.
    Maya Huter, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Cox, who ran on a platform of restoring trust in Santa Clara’s government, could be a loyal ally of Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who is losing Councilmember Kathy Watanabe’s support in District 1 to term limits.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of loyal
Adjective
  • Stephanie Hansen-Quintana, director of organization and movement building at CFC, told The Hill that the group’s work in Latino communities is focused on deep conversations to build a narrative that Catholics can be both pro-choice and faithful.
    Joanne Haner, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Springsteen ministered to the Philly faithful with a three-song acoustic set, performed solo.
    Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of faithful
Adjective
  • Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
Definition of ultraright
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