Meaning of bland | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
2. soft
3. Lacking in taste or flavor.
4. Lacking in vigor.
5. flabby
6. Lacking interest; boring; dull.
   figuratively
7. cowardly
8. Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
   archaic
9. flat

Equivalents

Examples

“a bland oil”

“a bland diet”

“The coffee was bland.”

“First and foremost, alternative country artists generally claim⟳ to reject⟳ mainstream country music as musically indistinguishable from bland pop music, as lyrically superficial, and as having no artistic merit […]”

“bland comment⟳”

“He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac / It's a helping hand that makes you feel⟳ wonderfully bland”

“Where didst thou find⟳, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?”

““A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment⟳ on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch⟳ a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.”

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