fogyish

variants or fogeyish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fogyish
Adjective
  • My intention was to suggest a consensus approach that could overcome the stodgy staff guarding the City’s credit rating to try something new.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The Pacers took advantage of stodgy Knicks offense to get back into the game.
    Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The dowdy and shy Ursula is diabetic and has lost her eyesight in one eye.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
  • Machi plays a dowdy tax inspector closing in on a Shakira-style Latina singer for tax fraud.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Business Disruption Disregard for set rules can lead to revocation of operating licenses, provoking loss of profit and end-user churn.
    Dzmitry Lubneuski, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The sad fact is, there is no set timetable for grieving.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Fixers are loyal to systems, people and processes—even when they’re broken.
    Tinna Jackson, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • The whole point of Casa Amor, theoretically, is to see whether these couples stay loyal to each other when separated into different villas and pursued by a whole new slate of bombshells.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Trump has bristled at criticism from some of his MAGA faithful, including conservative pundit Tucker Carlson, who have suggested that further U.S. involvement would be a betrayal to supporters who were drawn to his promise to end U.S. involvement in expensive and endless wars.
    Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • Netflix's The Sandman, an exquisite and largely faithful adaptation of Neil Gaiman's beloved graphic novel series, proved to be a hit for the streaming giant, racking up nearly 400 million viewing hours between its release on August 5 and September 18, 2022.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2025
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
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“Fogyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogyish. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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