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A person who is dull and unadventurous and who resists change

An advocate of maintaining tradition, especially so as to resist change

Pessimistic person

A person who resists change

Having or showing very strict moral attitudes

Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things

Strongly opposing change to established traditions

To become, or cause to become, stuck in mud

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Noun

A person who is dull and unadventurous and who resists change

“Sometimes I think I'm too much of a stick-in-the-mud for her but we seem to complement each other.”

Noun

An advocate of maintaining tradition, especially so as to resist change

Noun

Pessimistic person

stick in the mud

dog in the manger

prophet of doom

death's head at a feast

doomer and gloomer

bear with a sore head

miserable person

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Noun

A person who resists change

Adjective

Having or showing very strict moral attitudes

schoolmistressy

of the old school

prim and proper

holier-than-thou

politically correct

goody two-shoes

behind the times

overconscientious

undemonstrative

uncommunicative

keeping people at arm's length

self-respecting

goody-two-shoes

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Adjective

Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things

on the qui vive

with eyes peeled

with reservations

paying attention

keeping a weather eye on

watching one's step

walking on eggs

keeping on one's toes

handling with kid gloves

playing your cards close to your chest

walking on egg shells

belt-and-braces

hedging your bets

keeping one's eyes peeled

keeping a weather eye open

fast on the draw

keeping one's eyes open

having foresight

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Adjective

Strongly opposing change to established traditions

ultraconservative

paleoconservative

traditionalistic

archconservative

dyed-in-the-wool

ultra-conservative

conventionalist

set in one's ways

stick in the mud

middle-of-the-road

backward-looking

counterrevolutionary

counter-revolutionary

individualistic

set in your ways

set in one's opinions

fixed in one's views

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Verb

To become, or cause to become, stuck in mud

get bogged down

stick in the mud

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stick-in-the-muds

stick in the mud

stick in someone's mind

stick in one's craw

sticking your oar in

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