ˈwu̇d ə n adjective
( sometimes -er/-est )
1.
a. : made or consisting wholly or sometimes partly of wood
wooden houses
wooden box
b. obsolete : engaged in or concerned with the preparation of wood
c. : resembling or producing a sound characteristic of a struck hollow wooden object
the wooden sound of numskulls being soundly hit — Edith Sitwell
2.
a. : resembling wood in stiffness and lack of resilience
the hands are also … wooden , not only hard, but lifeless — C.W.H.Johnson
wooden -faced country people — William Faulkner
a wooden military posture
a wooden and inflexible policy — W.M.Dacey
b. : lacking in ease, grace, charm, liveliness, lifelikeness, interest, or zest : awkward , clumsy , dry , lifeless , dull
hear the wooden dialogue — Shakespeare
cooperation … has frequently been reluctant and wooden — Woodrow Wyatt
party debates are wooden and tedious formalities — Christopher Hollis
a wooden and perfunctory pedagogue — John Dewey
book is wooden and insensitive — George Nobbe
3. : wooded
Synonyms: see stiff