English Explanatory Dictionary

bland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
  2. Lacking in taste or flavor.
  3. Lacking in vigor.
  4. Lacking interest; boring; dull.
  5. Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
verb
  1. To mix; blend; mingle.
  2. To connect; associate.
noun
  1. Mixture; union.
  2. A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A small city in Gasconade County and Osage County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A census-designated place, the county seat of Bland County, Virginia, United States.
  4. A local government area (Bland Shire) in the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A locality in the Bland council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

/blænd/ En-ca-bland.ogg

Word forms

bland blander blandest blands blanding blanded blaind blaund

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”).

Synonyms

anodyne flat tasteless wallow bland cardboard flaggy flavorless ingustible intastable savorless insipid tame gustless sapidless mawkish smackless unsavory untasteable vapid wallowish watery waugh wearish wersh lackluster wan banal basic beat blah boring cold colourless corny drab stuffy dreich drowsy dull dull as dishwater heavy going ho-hum humdrum lame languid lifeless longsome monotonous mundane no fun at parties plain plodding prosaic prosy pedantic pedestrian static straightforward snoozeworthy

Derived words

blandfest blandify blanding blandiose blandish blandly blandness blandoid blandscape blandsome in bland Bland County Blandtown Bland-White-Garland syndrome
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