bland
pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
soothing or balmy, as air: a bland southern breeze.
nonirritating, as food or medicines: a bland diet.
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.
Origin of bland
1Other words for bland
Opposites for bland
Other words from bland
- blandly, adverb
- blandness, noun
Other definitions for Bland (2 of 2)
James A(llen), 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
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How to use bland in a sentence
She was a little too bland and goody-goody for my taste at first — never mind that Hillary Clinton is a fan.
The inspiration for Maisie Dobbs? Jacqueline Winspear’s memoir offers charming clues | Zofia Smardz | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostLittle wonder then, that Trebek’s own reliability and competence became its own celebrated style — dryness as friendliness, the bland become brand.
In the dumbest and darkest of times, Alex Trebek maintained a safe space for intelligence | Hank Stuever | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostSure, life might be easier if Forrest Frankenstein had a last name like Smith or Jones, but “my life would be too bland and common if it was,” said Frankenstein, who collects images of his namesake.
When your last name is Frankenstein and it’s Halloween | Kellie B. Gormly | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostIf the broth seems a bit bland, simmer it for a few more seconds to reduce and concentrate the flavor, and then add the butter and pour it over the mussels.
Mussels are simple to prepare, and add tasty drama to the table | Martha Holmberg | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostConferencing in from their remote locations, tech executives Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai each choose bland backgrounds for their video backgrounds.
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown | Tony Romm, Rachel Lerman, Cat Zakrzewski, Heather Kelly, Elizabeth Dwoskin | October 28, 2020 | Washington Post
He simply rode out the same blandly pernicious progressivism that elites in both parties embrace.
A blandly written, barely acted sitcom about high schoolers but geared toward adolescents?
How Bad Was 'The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story'? | Kevin Fallon | September 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs it “health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all the blandly-held common virtues?”
“We are going through a period of transition,” he told me blandly in accentless English.
Beneath Billionaire Shafik Gabr’s Tranquility, Fears for Egypt’s Fate | Lloyd Grove | December 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a universal form of public camouflage—blandly appropriate and never distracting.
Then they trailed across the flat toward me, MacRae blandly bringing up the rear.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairAristide disengaged himself, waved his hand airily towards Perigueux, and smiled blandly.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeHe looked blandly ignorant of any disaster, and shook his head and told us nothing.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrThe remaining bullocks strayed devious, and the douce McLaughlan blandly absorbed the sheep.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade"What I should wish if she were my daughter," the old woman rejoined blandly.
The Tragic Muse | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for bland
/ (blænd) /
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
Origin of bland
1- See also bland out
Derived forms of bland
- blandly, adverb
- blandness, noun
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