bland
bland is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- bald
- blandness
- careless
- childish
- cold
- colorless
- diffuse
- dry
- dull
- fade
- feeble
- feebleness
- flat
- flatulent
- frigid
- gustless
- inexact
- insipid
- insipidity
- jejune
- languid
- lax
- loose
- lukewarm
- mawkish
- meager
- mild
- milk
- monotonous
- negligent
- poor
- prosaic
- prosy
- puerile
- rambling
- savorless
- sketchy
- slight
- slipshod
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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