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bland
1[ bland ]
adjective
- pleasantly gentle or agreeable:
a bland, affable manner.
- soothing or balmy, as air:
a bland southern breeze.
Antonyms: harsh
- nonirritating, as food or medicines:
a bland diet.
Antonyms: irritating
- not highly flavored; mild; tasteless:
a bland sauce.
- lacking in special interest, liveliness, individuality, etc.; insipid; dull:
a bland young man; a bland situation comedy.
- unemotional, indifferent, or casual:
his bland acknowledgment of guilt.
Bland
2[ bland ]
noun
- James A(llen), 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
bland
/ blænd /
adjective
- devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; dull
bland food
- gentle and agreeable; suave
- (of the weather) mild and soothing
- unemotional or unmoved
a bland account of atrocities
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Derived Forms
- ˈblandness, noun
- ˈblandly, adverb
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Other Words From
- blandly adverb
- blandness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bland1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bland1
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Example Sentences
The Butterbrief, issued by Pope Innocent VIII, was a turning point for the then bland Stollen, which gradually became sweeter.
Because holy hell was that bland, unfunny, uncomfortable, and just plain confusing.
He is the drone official, the bland-faced human-resources manager tasked with dropping the axe.
Head of State was prescient, but hollow; I Think I Love My Wife was bland; and the documentary Good Hair was fascinating fun.
Despite the equal-parts bland and painful dialogue, the game still looks interesting.
Therefore, Bland concluded that Parliament technically had no jurisdiction over the American colonies.
"Perhaps your ladyship can persuade Lady Hartledon to exert herself," suggested the bland doctor.
The King, on his return from the Continent, found his subjects in no bland humour.
Ovid looked a bit doubtful, but Scattergood's voice was so interested, so bland, that any suspicion of irony was allayed.
As soon as they are whipped they make off to wives and home, and meet the scouts with a bland smile and outstretched hand.
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