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Meaning of 'bland' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bland [ a.]
- Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
- Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.

Meaning of 'bland' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bland [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
Example in sentence:
  • a bland diet;
  • flavorless supermarket tomatoes;
  • insipid hospital food;
  • vapid beer;
  • vapid tea
Meaning (2):
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
Example in sentence:
  • a bland little drama;
  • a flat joke
Meaning (3):
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
Example in sentence:
  • he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage;
  • the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error

Nearby Words:

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