anodyneadjective
uk/ˈæn.ə.daɪn/us/ˈæn.oʊ.daɪn/formal mainly disapprovingintended to avoid causing offence or disagreement, especially by not expressing strong feelings or opinions:
This is daytime television at its most anodyne.
Somehow this avoids being just another silly pop song with anodyne lyrics about love and happiness.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not showing or feeling emotions
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- cold-eyed
- detachment
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- impassive
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoicism
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