as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
the committee is dominated by old stick-in-the-muds who have little interest in bringing new ideas to the table
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Recent Examples of stick-in-the-mud
David Corenswet plays, quite literally, a stick-in-the-mud character.
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In the Herbert Ross film, Bacon played big-city teen Ren McCormack, who moves to the small town of Bomont, where its stick-in-the-mud local minster, the Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), has instituted a ban on dancing.
—EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In the Herbert Ross film, Bacon played big-city teen Ren McCormack, who moves to the small town of Bomont, where its stick-in-the-mud local minster, the Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), has instituted a ban on dancing.
—EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick-in-the-mud
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Trump gives go-ahead for Chagos deal Last year, Starmer began negotiations to give up control of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean that conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic say is a critical check on China‘s influence in the region.—
Naomi Lim,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Founded in 2015 by industry veterans Nancy Caravetta and Jessica Goldberg, Rebel Gail has rapidly grown into one of the most influential firms in the sector.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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His son, Brett, was also a 20-year NHL veteran and, like his dad, is in the Hockey Hall of Fame.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.—
Judith Thurman,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
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Only this, the researchers say, could have provided the extreme temperatures (in excess of 950 degrees Fahrenheit) and subsequent rapid cooling to create the glass brain fossil.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Researchers discovered a partial fossil of a giant flying squirrel estimated to be about 5 million years old at the Gray Fossil Site at East Tennessee State University, giving scientists more clues about how the creatures made their way to North America.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Stick-in-the-mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick-in-the-mud. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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