bland

bland  (blnd)

adj. bland·er, bland·est

1. Characterized by a moderate, unperturbed, or tranquil quality, especially:

a. Pleasant in manner; smooth: a bland smile.

b. Not irritating or stimulating; soothing: a bland diet.

c. Exhibiting no personal worry, embarrassment, or concern: told a series of bland lies.

2.

a. Dull and insipid: a bland little drama.

b. Having little or no distinctive flavor: bland cooking.

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[Latin blandus, caressing, flattering; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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blandly adv.

blandness n.

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bland [blænd]

adj

1. devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; dull bland food

2. gentle and agreeable; suave

3. (of the weather) mild and soothing

4. unemotional or unmoved a bland account of atrocities See also bland out

[from Latin blandus flattering]

blandly  adv

blandness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	bland - lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid, flat tasteless - lacking flavor
	2.	bland - lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" flat unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
	3.	bland - 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" politic, smooth, suave diplomatical, diplomatic - using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject"

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bland

adjective

1. dull, boring, weak, plain, flat, commonplace, tedious, vanilla (informal), dreary, tiresome, monotonous, run-of-the-mill, uninspiring, humdrum, unimaginative, uninteresting, insipid, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), vapid, unstimulating, undistinctive It's easy on the ear but bland and forgettable.
dull interesting, exciting, inspiring, stimulating, rousing, turbulent

2. tasteless, weak, watered-down, insipid, flavourless, thin, unstimulating, undistinctive It tasted bland and insipid, like warmed card.

Translations

bland [blænd] ADJ (blander (compar) (blandest (superl)))

1. (pej) (= dull) [food, taste] → soso, insípido; [smile, expression] → insulso; [music, book, film] → soso, anodino; [statement] → anodino
it tastes rather bland → tiene un sabor bastante soso

2. (= mild) [person, action] → suave, afable; [diet] → blando

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bland [ˈblænd] adj

[person, character] → fade, sans relief

(= flavourless) [taste] → fade, insipide

(= unexciting) → fade

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bland

adj (+er) taste, food, diet → fad; book, film, statement → nichtssagend; person, character → langweilig, farblos; expression, look, smile → leer

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bland [blænd] adj (smile) → blando/a; (character) → insulso/a; (food) → insipido/a

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bland

adj bland [blӕnd]

1 (of food etc) mild, tasteless That soup is very bland. smaaklose, neutrale غَيْر حَريف любезен nijaký, bez chuti kedelig; udvandet mild άγευστος de sabor imperceptible, insípido lahja, maitsetu بی مزه؛ بدون ادویه mauton (doux et) insipide תָּפֶל बेमजा bez ukusa kellemes hambar bragðlítill insipido 口当たりのよい 맛이 부드러운 prėskas bezgaršīgs; maigs hambar flauw mild, uten smak mdły desenxabido fad, fără gust пресный mdlý, bez chuti plehek bljutav mild, smaklös ไม่มีรสชาติ tatsız tuzsuz, yavan (食品等)淡味的；無味的 без смаку پھیکا ، بد مزہ nhạt nhẽo （食品等）刺激性少的

2 (of people, their actions etc) showing no emotion a bland smile. neutrale فاتِر، بِدونِ عَواطِف невъзмутим mdlý, mírný, chabý uberørt; uanfægtet höflich ανέκφραστος, άχρωμος (μτφ.) inexpresivo, insulso, desabrido ükskõikne ملایم lattea affable אָדִיש नीरस blag szelíd tanpa perasaan tilþrifalaus, dauflegur; viðfelldinn cortese 穏やかな 무감동한 šaltai mandagus, vangus neizteiksmīgs tidak menarik onbekommerd uberørt, uanfektet zdawkowy frio inexpresiv; afabil мягкий mierny, chabý mil bezizražajan menlös, sval ที่ไม่แสดงอารมณ์ duygu göstermeyen, sönük, ruhsuz 無動於衷的 м'який; лагідний بلا جذبات lạnh lùng 无动于衷似的

adv blandly

neutraal بِصورَةٍ غَيْرِ حَريفَةٍ невъзмутимо; любезно mdle, mírně, chabě roligt; upåvirket; uanfægtet; behersket mild άχρωμα inexpresivamente, desabridamente ükskõikselt با ملایمت؛ بطور بی مزه innottomasti avec affabilité בְּרוֹך विनीत भाव से umiljat szelíden masa bodoh dauflega; viðfelldnislega cortesemente 穏やかに 온화하게 prėskai, vangiai maigi; neizteiksmīgi dengan hambar onbekommerd uanfektet, rolig og uforstyrret zdawkowo friamente afabil мягко mdlo milo bezizražajno menlöst อย่างไร้อารมณ์ yumuşaklıkla, sükûnetle 無動於衷似地 ласкаво, м'яко بغیر کسی جذبات کے một cách lạnh lùng 无动于衷似地

n blandness

minsaamheid, beleefdheid عَدَمُ الحَرافَه، فُتور невъзмутимост mírnost, nijakost uberørthed; uanfægtethed die Milde ηπιότητα inexpresividad, insipidez läilus ملایمت؛ فقدان ادویه mietous douceur רַכוּת सौम्यता, विनीतता blagost szelídség sikap masa bodoh daufleiki; viðfelldni gentilezza 温和 온화함 prėskumas, šaltas mandagumas maigums; neizteiksmīgums kehambaran onbekommerdheid uberørthet, uanfektethet obojętność frieza afabilitate мягкость miernosť milina bezizražajnost menlöshet การไม่มีอารมณ์ความรู้สึก yumuşaklık, mülâyimlik 溫和 м'якість; лагідність بلا جذبات ہونا tính nhạt nhẽo 温和