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bland

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As an adjective, bland means having a soothing effect. As a verb, it means mix.

Meanings of bland

11 meanings

adjective

  1. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.

    “a bland diet”

  2. Lacking in taste or flavor.

    “The coffee was bland.”

  3. Lacking in vigor.

  4. figurativeLacking interest; boring; dull.

    “bland comment”

  5. now rareMild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.

  6. Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

    “a bland little drama”

    “a flat joke”

    Similar: flat

  7. Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

    “he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage”

    “the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error”

    Similar: politic, smooth, suave

verb

  1. uk dialectalTo mix; blend; mingle.

  2. uk dialectalTo connect; associate.

noun

  1. uk dialectalMixture; union.

  2. A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for bland →
adjective: lacking taste or flavor or tang
flatflavorlessflavourlessinsipidsavorlesssavourlessvapid
adjective: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
flat
adjective: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophist…
politicsmoothsuave

Words that rhyme with bland

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