OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 13924

bland

/blænd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
suave
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
a bland diet
a bland oil
aguado • desaborido • desabrido • insulso • insípido • soso • ñoño
Lacking in taste or flavor.
The coffee was bland.
desabrido • débil • insípido • simple • suave • tenue
Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting si…
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