| Pronunciation: | | bland
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- [adj] lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics; "a bland pudding"; "a bland diet for her irritated stomach"
- [adj] lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
- [adj] lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
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| | Synonyms: | | flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, tasteless, unexciting, unstimulating, vapid |
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| | Antonyms: | | pungent |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bland\, a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.]
1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave;
as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
``Exhilarating vapor bland.'' --Milton.
2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or
irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland
diet.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstract, adulatory, balmy, banal, bare, barren, blah, blandishing, blank, blarneying, bleached, boring, broad, buttery, cajoling, calm, changeable, characterless, civilized, clear, collective, complimentary, composed, cool, courtierly, courtly, devoid, disarming, dull, empty, faint, fair-spoken, fawning, featureless, fine-spoken, flat, flattering, fulsome, general, generalized, generic, gentle, glib, good-natured, gushing, halfhearted, hollow, honeyed, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, inane, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, infirm of purpose, infirm of will, ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, insipid, insouciant, irresolute, judicious, lenient, mealymouthed, mild, mild as milk, milk-and-water, milky, moderate, mushy, namby-pamby, nebulous, neutral, nonchalant, nonspecific, nonviolent, null, null and void, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, sapless, slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smug, soapy, sober, soft, soft-soaping, soft-spoken, soothing, suave, suave-spoken, sycophantic, tame, tasteless, temperate, uncharacterized, unctuous, undifferentiated, unemotional, uninteresting, unrelieved, unruffled, unspecified, urbane, vacant, vacuous, vague, vapid, void, waterish, watery, wheedling, white, wide, wishy-washy, with nothing inside, without content |
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