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Definitions for Bland

[1] pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
[2] soothing or balmy, as air: a bland southern breeze.
[3] nonirritating, as food or medicines: a bland diet.
[4] not highly flavored; mild; tasteless: a bland sauce.
[5] lacking in special interest, liveliness, individuality, etc.; insipid; dull: a bland young man; a bland situation comedy.
[6] unemotional, indifferent, or casual: his bland acknowledgment of guilt.
[7] James A(llen), 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
[8] devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; dull bland food
[9] gentle and agreeable; suave
[10] (of the weather) mild and soothing
[11] unemotional or unmoved a bland account of atrocities

Words related to Bland

tedious, watery, insipid, boring, wishy-washy, tame, banal, dull, pleasant, amiable, soft, blah, flat, flavorless, humdrum, monotonous, nothing, pabulum, unexciting, uninteresting

Words nearby Bland

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Origin of Bland

First recorded in 1590–1600, bland is from the Latin word blandus of a smooth tongue, pleasant, soothing

Other words from Bland

bland·ly , adverb
bland·ness , noun

Word origin for Bland

C15: from Latin blandus flattering

Synonyms for Bland

banal, boring, dull, insipid, tame, tedious, watery, wishy-washy, blah, dull as dishwater, flat, flavorless, ho hum, humdrum, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pabulum, sapless, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, waterish, weak, wimpy, zero