vapid

[vap-id]

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adjective

lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.

Origin of vapid

1650–60; < Latin vapidus; akin to vapor

Related formsva·pid·i·ty, vap·id·ness, nounvap·id·ly, adverb

Can be confusedvacant vacuous vapid

Synonyms for vapid

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1. lifeless, flavorless. 2. spiritless, unanimated, tiresome, prosaic.

Antonyms for vapid

1. pungent. 2. stimulating.

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Related Words for vapidity

drabness, dreariness, weariness, flatness, dryness, sameness, insipidness, familiarity, routine, sterility, tedium, boredom, blandness, stodginess, tediousness, slowness, insipidity, staleness, aridity, wateriness

Examples from the Web for vapidity

Contemporary Examples of vapidity

It was a delicious, pointed response, skewering on the vapidity of asking such things, even if she didn't intend it to be.
Whoever Wins What, Watch Out For Minnelli
Tim Teeman
March 2, 2014
Enjoy this video of New York Mag's Jonathan Chait explaining the vapidity of the "binders full of women" meme.
Mitt's Binders Full of Affirmative Action
Justin Green
October 18, 2012

Historical Examples of vapidity

The vapidity of a polite woman is bad, but the vapidity of a woman who is not polite is decidedly worse.
Modern Women and What is Said of Them
Anonymous
He never frittered away his moments in the vapidity of a polite ballroom.
Harvard Stories
Waldron Kintzing Post
The eminent criminal novel is taken as a tonic by minds satiated with the vapidity of fashionable fiction.
A History of English Prose Fiction
Bayard Tuckerman
In four hours, vapidity and languor will take place of that exquisite sense of joy, which flutters your little heart.
The Belle's Stratagem
Hannah Cowley
Imbecility, vapidity, and the commonplace distended themselves like the frog in the fable.
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine

British Dictionary definitions for vapidity

vapid

adjective

bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat
boring or dull; lifelessvapid talk

Derived Formsvapidity, nounvapidly, adverbvapidness, noun

Word Origin for vapid

C17: from Latin vapidus; related to vappa tasteless or flat wine, and perhaps to vapor warmth

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Word Origin and History for vapidity

vapid

adj.

1650s, "flat, insipid" (of drinks), from Latin vapidus "flat, insipid," literally "that has exhaled its vapor," related to vappa "stale wine," and probably to vapor "vapor." Applied from 1758 to talk and writing deemed dull and lifeless. Related: Vapidly.