Bland
[blænd]
Definition
(adj.) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; 'a bland little drama'; 'a flat joke' .
(adj.) lacking taste or flavor or tang; 'a bland diet'; 'insipid hospital food'; 'flavorless supermarket tomatoes'; 'vapid beer'; 'vapid tea' .
Inputed by Gavin--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
(a.) Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
Inputed by Cole
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Soft, mild, gentle, not harsh.
Typist: Nicholas
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Soft, mild, gentle, complaisant, courteous, affable, gracious, tender, benign
ANT:Harsh, abrupt, rough
Checked by Flossie
Definition
adj. smooth: gentle: mild.—adv. Blandly.—n. Bland′ness.
n. an Orcadian name for butter-milk and water.
Typed by Amalia
Examples
- Mr. Kenge also came to speak to us and did the honours of the place in much the same way, with the bland modesty of a proprietor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr Wegg (who had had nothing else in his mind for several nights) took off his spectacles with an air of bland surprise. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, 'tis rather a rum course, said Venn, in the bland tone of one comfortably resigned to sins he could no longer overcome. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was crisp, fresh, cheerful, affable, bland; but so surprisingly innocent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His voice had recovered its bland tone, but a dark cloud still hung on his features. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She put her hands over her ears, and looked at the high bland moon. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Presents are made to the Boffin servants, and bland strangers with business-cards meeting said servants in the street, offer hypothetical corruption. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Hardly that, Doctor, hardly that, said Holmes, in his blandest voice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Steven