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1. (adj.) bland
pleasantly gentle or agreeable:
a bland, affable manner.
2. bland
soothing or balmy, as air.
3. bland
nonirritating, as food or medicines.
4. bland
not highly flavored; mild; tasteless:
a bland sauce.
5. bland
lacking in special interest, liveliness, individuality, etc.; dull.
6. bland
unemotional, casual:
a bland confession.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L blandus of a smooth tongue)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
lacking taste or flavor or tang
"a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
2. (adj) bland, flat
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
"a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
3. (adj) politic, smooth, suave, 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"
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1. (adjective) bland
≠ tasty
bland pasta sauce
2. bland
not exciting or interesting; = dull
their bland singing style; the blandness of his cooking
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) bland
mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant
2. (adj) bland
having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet
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Sense: (of food etc) mild, tasteless
That soup is very bland.
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 Afrikaans: smaaklose, neutrale |
 Arabic: غَيْر حَريف |
 Bulgarian: любезен |
 Brazilian: insosso |
 Czech: nijaký, bez chuti |
 German: mild |
 Danish: kedelig; udvandet |
 Greek: άγευστος |
 Spanish: de sabor imperceptible, i |
 Estonian: lahja, maitsetu |
 Farsi: بی مزه؛ بدون ادویه |
 Finnish: mauton |
 French: (doux et) insipide |
 Hebrew: תָּפֶל |
 Hindi: बेमजा |
 Croatian: bez ukusa |
 Hungarian: kellemes |
 Indonesian: hambar |
 Icelandic: bragðlítill |
 Italian: insipido |
 Japanese: 口当たりのよい |
 Korean: 맛이 부드러운 |
 Lithuanian: prėskas |
 Latvian: bezgaršīgs; maigs |
 Malay: hambar |
 Dutch: flauw |
 Norwegian: mild, uten smak |
 Polish: mdły |
 Persian: بی مزه؛ بدون ادویه |
 Pashto: بی خونده، پرته له دواء څخ |
 Portuguese: desenxabido |
 Romanian: fad, fără gust |
 Russian: пресный |
 Slovak: mdlý, bez chuti |
 Slovenian: plehek |
 Serbian: bljutav |
 Swedish: mild, smaklös |
 Thai: ไม่มีรสชาติ |
 Turkish: tatsız tuzsuz, yavan |
 Taiwanese: (食品等)淡味的，無味的 |
 Ukrainian: без смаку |
 Urdu: پھیکا ، بد مزہ |
 Vietnamese: nhạt nhẽo |
 Chinese: （食品等）淡而无味的，清淡的，无滋味的 |
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