fuddy
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈfʌdi/
- Archaic
- If they embrace it, they risk looking like ridiculous fuddy-duddies who are trying to appear up-to-date.
- fuddy-duddy
- fuddy-duddies
- an old fuddy
Examples
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You are turning into an old fuddy-duddy.
Fiction book (2002) -
That's because he's a fuddy-duddy with no sense of style.
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I guess I am a fuddy-duddy in this case.
Blog text (29) -
Who wants to hang out with a fuddy-duddy?
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My mom is a fuddy-duddy, and with the holidays coming up, we are bound to butt heads.
Blog text (26) -
Well, if a fuddy-duddy rule follower means that I was around for my son, I'm okay with that.
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"Don't be such a fuddy-duddy!" her mother chided Jazz, her eyes as round as money.
Fiction book (1995) -
If you are thinking that Grover's book teaches kids to be destructive, don't be a fuddy-duddy.
Blog text (8) -
Whether you're choosing to celebrate the season in costume, passing out candy, or being an old fuddy-duddy like me and doing nothing, it's hard not to be cognizant of the theme of the holiday.
Blog text (3) -
Some people think I'm a bit of a fuddy-duddy because I prefer classic movies over the latest blockbusters.
Synonyms
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7.3
Clothes or a person that look old-fashioned and not attractive
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7.1
Plain and old-fashioned in a way that looks unattractive
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9.9
Old-fashioned and slow to accept new ideas
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9.9
Looking plain and out of fashion in a dull way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fuddy comes from the playful name fuddy-duddy, a double word people used to tease someone as old and boring. So fuddy means 'old-fashioned' or dull in style.