Bland \Bland\, a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave;
as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
"Exhilarating vapor bland." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or
irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland
diet.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bland
adj 1: lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics; "a
bland pudding"; "a bland diet for her irritated
stomach" [ant: pungent]
2: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid
beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: flat, flavorless, flavourless,
insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid]
3: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland
little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: flat]
WordNet (r) 2.0
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "bland":
abstract, adulatory, balmy, banal, bare, barren, blah, blandishing,
blank, blarneying, bleached, boring, broad, buttery, cajoling,
calm, changeable, characterless, civilized, clear, collective,
complimentary, composed, cool, courtierly, courtly, devoid,
disarming, dull, empty, faint, fair-spoken, fawning, featureless,
fine-spoken, flat, flattering, fulsome, general, generalized,
generic, gentle, glib, good-natured, gushing, halfhearted, hollow,
honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, inane, indecisive,
indefinite, indeterminate, infirm of purpose, infirm of will,
ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, insipid, insouciant,
irresolute, judicious, lenient, mealymouthed, mild, mild as milk,
milk-and-water, milky, moderate, mushy, namby-pamby, nebulous,
neutral, nonchalant, nonspecific, nonviolent, null, null and void,
obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful,
prudent, sapless, slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken,
smooth-tongued, smug, soapy, sober, soft, soft-soaping,
soft-spoken, soothing, suave, suave-spoken, sycophantic, tame,
tasteless, temperate, uncharacterized, unctuous, undifferentiated,
unemotional, uninteresting, unrelieved, unruffled, unspecified,
urbane, vacant, vacuous, vague, vapid, void, waterish, watery,
wheedling, white, wide, wishy-washy, with nothing inside,
without content
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Bland, MO (city, FIPS 6256)
Location: 38.30058 N, 91.63255 W
Population (1990): 651 (277 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65014
Bland, VA
Zip code(s): 24315
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Bland -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 6871
Housing Units (2000): 3161
Land area (2000): 358.668496 sq. miles (928.947101 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.063072 sq. miles (0.163357 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 358.731568 sq. miles (929.110458 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.132329 N, 81.126500 W
Headwords:
Bland
Bland, VA
Bland County
Bland County, VA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Bland, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 565
Housing Units (2000): 299
Land area (2000): 0.641615 sq. miles (1.661774 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.641615 sq. miles (1.661774 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06256
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.302510 N, 91.634232 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65014
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bland, MO
Bland
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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