Insipidity

  • 111stodginess — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest: asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, dullness, flatness, flavor lessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, life lessness, sterileness,… …

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  • 112TASTE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index taste noun flavor (2), flavoring adjective pungent, sour, sweet verb flavor bad taste noun …

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  • 113washiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state or quality of being insipid: blandness, innocuousness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, vapidity, vapidness, wateriness. Informal: wishy washiness. See EXCITE, TASTE …

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  • 114wateriness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state or quality of being insipid: blandness, innocuousness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, vapidity, vapidness, washiness. Informal: wishy washiness. See EXCITE, TASTE …

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  • 115wishy-washiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. The state or quality of being insipid: blandness, innocuousness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, vapidity, vapidness, washiness, wateriness. See EXCITE, TASTE …

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  • 116insipid — in|sip|id [ınˈsıpıd] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: insipide, from Late Latin insipidus, from Latin sapere to taste ] 1.) food or drink that is insipid does not have much taste = ↑bland ▪ an insipid pasta dish 2.) not interesting,… …

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  • 117innocuousness — n. harmlessness; lack of offensiveness; insipidity …

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  • 118vapidity — va·pid·i·ty· || væ pɪdÉ™tɪ n. insipidity; dullness …

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  • 119insipid — [ɪn sɪpɪd] adjective 1》 lacking flavour. 2》 lacking vigour or interest. Derivatives insipidity noun insipidly adverb insipidness noun Origin C17: from Fr. insipide or late L. insipidus, from in not + sapidus (see …

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  • 120platitude — n. 1. Insipidity, flatness, dulness, mawkishness. 2. Truism, trite remark. 3. Twaddle, verbiage, palaver, trash, chatter, stuff, fudge, nonsense, moonshine, flummery, wish wash, balderdash, jargon, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk …

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