savour
noun
the quality in a substance that is perceived by the sense of taste or smell
savourless
-
a word derived from
savour.
Example Sentences
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True, generous feeling is made small account of by some, but here were two natures rendered, the one intolerably acrid, the other despicably savourless for the want of it.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Now, piquant and romantic sensations are very valuable in South Africa, and should always be followed up in case of life becoming too monotonously saltless and savourless.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley
Already she found her vengeance a poor, savourless thing; she felt that it belittled her.
From Our Friend the Charlatan by George Gissing
It makes conversation as savourless as porridge without salt.
From Penny Plain by O. Douglas
To-morrow they were filing back through that postern that had given them this, their fortnight's respite, from tasks too often ignoble, from cramped circumstances, from savourless lives.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
