Dictionary Definition
bland adj
1 lacking either stimulating or irritating
characteristics; "a bland pudding"; "a bland diet for her irritated
stomach" [ant: pungent]
2 lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland
diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes";
"vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid]
3 lacking stimulating characteristics;
uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: flat]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /blænd/, /bl}
Swedish
Pronunciation
Extensive Definition
Bland may refer
to:
- Places:
- Bland, Missouri, a US city
- Bland, Virginia, a US unincorporated community
- Division of Bland, a former Australian Electoral Division
People with the surname
Bland:
People with the given name
Bland:
- Bland Ballard, an 18th century soldier from Kentucky
bland in German:
Bland
bland in Volapük:
Bland
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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, honey-mouthed,
honey-tongued, honeyed,
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