bland

(blănd)
adj., bland·er, bland·est.

1. Characterized by a moderate, unperturbed, or tranquil quality, especially:
   1. Pleasant in manner; smooth: a bland smile.
   2. Not irritating or stimulating; soothing: a bland diet.
   3. Exhibiting no personal worry, embarrassment, or concern: told a series of bland lies.
2. 1. Dull and insipid: a bland little drama.
   2. Having little or no distinctive flavor: bland cooking.

[Latin blandus, caressing, flattering.]

blandly bland'ly adv.
blandness bland'ness n.

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adjective

1. Effortlessly gracious and tactful in social manner: smooth, suave, urbane. See style/good style/bad style.
2. Lacking an appetizing flavor: flat, flavorless, insipid, tasteless, unsavory. See taste/bad taste.
3. Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality: innocuous, insipid, jejune, namby-pamby, vapid, washy, waterish, watery. Informal wishy-washy. See excite/bore/interest, good/bad.
4. Without definite or distinctive characteristics: colorless, indistinctive, neutral. See strong/weak.

adj

Definition: friendly, gracious
Antonyms: blase, dull, unfriendly, ungracious

adj

Definition: mild, temperate
Antonyms: bitter, caustic, severe, sharp, zingy

adj

Definition: tasteless; indistinctive
Antonyms: delicious, distinctive, sharp, tasty, yummy

English family of singers. The most celebrated members were Maria Theresa (1769-1838), an Italian-born soprano in the Drury Lane company, who excelled in simple English and Italian songs, and her son Charles, a tenor who created the title role in Weber's Oberon (Covent Garden,1826).

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IN BRIEF: Something without a strong taste. Pleasant manner.

It's usually good to stick to bland food if you are feeling sick.

Tutor's tip: "Bland" is flavorless, "blend" is to combine or intermingle, while "blende" is a kind of mineral.

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For a list of words related to bland, see:

• Ordinary, Dull, Plain, or Banal

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mild, harmløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
smaakloos, neutraal, vriendelijk, emotieloos

Français (French)
adj. - fade, falot, terne

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fade, geschmacklos, mild, sanft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πράος, ήπιος, μειλίχιος, αβρός, ανούσιος, ανιαρός, άγευστος

Italiano (Italian)
insipido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sem graça (alimentos), suave, imparcial (opiniões)

Русский (Russian)
безвкусный, пресный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insípido, suave, poco fuerte

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förbindlig, blid, mild, smekande, menlös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
和蔼的, 无刺激性的, 温和的, 淡而无味的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 和藹的, 無刺激性的, 溫和的, 淡而無味的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부드러운, 기분 좋은, 순한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 穏やかな, 温和な, 刺激のない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممل, غير مثير للأهتمام, بلا طعم, لطيف, دمث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נעים, נוח, רך, עדין, שטחי, משעמם, אדיש‬

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