bland

bland

soothing; affable, mild amiable; not highly flavored; tasteless; unemotional: a bland response
Not to be confused with:blend – mix inseparably together: blend the sauce; compound; mingle; combine; unite

bland

B0311900 (blănd)adj. bland·er, bland·est 1. Characterized by a moderate, unperturbed, or tranquil quality, especially:a. Pleasant in manner; smooth: a bland smile.b. Not irritating or stimulating; soothing: a bland diet.c. Exhibiting no personal worry, embarrassment, or concern: told a series of bland lies.2. a. Dull and insipid: a bland little drama.b. Having little or no distinctive flavor: bland cooking.

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[Latin blandus, caressing, flattering; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]

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bland′ly adv.bland′ness n.

bland

(blænd) adj1. devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; dull: bland food. 2. gentle and agreeable; suave3. (of the weather) mild and soothing4. unemotional or unmoved: a bland account of atrocities. [C15: from Latin blandus flattering] ˈblandly adv ˈblandness n

bland

(blænd)

adj. -er, -est. 1. pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner. 2. soothing or balmy, as air. 3. nonirritating, as food or medicines. 4. not highly flavored; mild; tasteless: a bland sauce. 5. lacking in special interest, liveliness, individuality, etc.; dull. 6. unemotional, casual: a bland confession. [1590–1600; < Latin blandus of a smooth tongue] bland′ly, adv. bland′ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	bland - lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid, flattasteless - lacking flavor
	2.	bland - lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"flatunexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
	3.	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"politic, smooth, suavediplomatical, diplomatic - using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject"

bland

adjective1. dull, boring, weak, plain, flat, commonplace, tedious, vanilla (informal), dreary, tiresome, monotonous, run-of-the-mill, uninspiring, humdrum, unimaginative, uninteresting, insipid, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), vapid, unstimulating, undistinctive It's easy on the ear but bland and forgettable.
dull interesting, exciting, inspiring, stimulating, rousing, turbulent2. tasteless, weak, watered-down, insipid, flavourless, thin, unstimulating, undistinctive It tasted bland and insipid, like warmed card.

bland

adjective1. Effortlessly gracious and tactful in social manner:smooth, suave, urbane.2. Lacking an appetizing flavor:flat, flavorless, insipid, tasteless, unsavory.3. Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality:innocuous, insipid, jejune, namby-pamby, vapid, washy, waterish, watery.Informal: wishy-washy.4. Without definite or distinctive characteristics:colorless, indistinctive, neutral.

Translations

无动于衷的无滋味的淡而无味的清淡的

bland

(blӕnd) adjective1. (of food etc) mild, tasteless. That soup is very bland. (食品等)淡味的，無味的 （食品等）淡而无味的，清淡的，无滋味的 2. (of people, their actions etc) showing no emotion. a bland smile. 無動於衷的 无动于衷的ˈblandly adverb 無動於衷地 无动于衷地ˈblandness noun 清淡無味，無動於衷 温和，平淡