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English adjective: bland

1. bland lacking taste or flavor or tang


SamplesA bland diet.
Insipid hospital food.
Flavorless supermarket tomatoes.
Vapid beer.
Vapid tea.


Synonymsflat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid


Similartasteless


Antonymstasty

2. bland lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting


SamplesA bland little drama.
A flat joke.


Synonymsflat


Similarunexciting, unstimulating


Antonymsstimulating

3. bland smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication


SamplesHe was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage.
The manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error.


Synonymspolitic, smooth, suave


Similardiplomatic, diplomatical


Antonymsundiplomatic









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