What does bland mean?
Definitions for bland
blændbland
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word bland.
Princeton's WordNet
bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapidadjective
lacking taste or flavor or tang
"a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
bland, flatadjective
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
"a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
politic, smooth, suave, blandadjective
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"
Wiktionary
blandadjective
Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
blandadjective
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
blandadjective
Lacking in taste or vigor.
Etymology: From blandus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BLANDadjective
Soft; mild; gentle.
Etymology: blandus, Lat.
In her face excuse
Came prologue; and apology too prompt;
Which, with bland words at will, she thus address’d. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix. l. 855.An even calm
Perpetual reign’d, save what the zephyrs bland
Breath’d o’er the blue expanse. James Thomson, Spring.
ChatGPT
bland
Bland refers to something that is lacking strong features, characteristics or flavors; mild or uninteresting; not stimulating or exciting. This could apply to food, an idea, a person's personality, an appearance, or any other thing that could be experienced through the senses or understood intellectually.
Webster Dictionary
Blandadjective
mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant
Blandadjective
having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet
Wikidata
Bland
Bland is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Bland County, Virginia, United States. Bland was originally known as Bland Court House. The population as of the 2010 Census was 409.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bland
bland, adj. smooth: gentle: mild.—adv. Blandly.—n. Bland′ness. [L. blandus, perh.—mla(n)dus—Eng. mild.]
Bland
bland, n. an Orcadian name for butter-milk and water. [Scand. blanda.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BLAND
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bland is ranked #1315 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bland surname appeared 26,722 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 9 would have the surname Bland.
60.2% or 16,087 total occurrences were White.
34.2% or 9,155 total occurrences were Black.
2.3% or 625 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.2% or 599 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.5% or 144 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 112 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bland in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of bland in a Sentence
Passing out traditional material and flyers and trying to sell shirts, no one changes their political beliefs based on a shirt, what we need to do is try and get conservative entertainment out there in the movies, we need to figure out other ways to change the culture on the ground level and just not focus on generic bland messaging. Unfortunately not enough booths are doing it.
There's no variation in the environment, it's dark, it's white, and it's bland. It's monotonous and people really underestimate that.
Use bland soaps, not highly perfumed or scented soaps.
Certainly there were questions by my clients because after she unfortunately fell, she was airlifted to a hospital and she had a traumatic brain injury, Gloria Satterfield never was able to communicate with them for the next three weeks until Gloria Satterfield died, so, it was Alex Murdaugh who told the story of that Gloria Satterfield had tripped and fell down the stairs over Eric Bland dogs.
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
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- ماصخArabic
- ласкав, мек, успокояващ, нежен, приятенBulgarian
- mdlýCzech
- sødDanish
- geschmacklos, mild, fad, sanftGerman
- suave, tenue, simple, desabrido, amable, debil, sosoSpanish
- väritön, mieto, vaisu, mauton, mitäänsanomatonFinnish
- doux, douce, fadeFrench
- नरमHindi
- blandeInterlingua
- fiacco, blando, insipidoItalian
- 当たり障りのありませんJapanese
- zacht, mild, smaakloosDutch
- mdły, bez smaku, łagodny, bezbarwny, nijaki, delikatny, uspakajającyPolish
- pritenos, blând, liniștitor, gentil, prietenos, afabil, prevenitorRomanian
- безвкусный, неинтересный, приятный, нежный, мягкий, ласковый, успокаивающийRussian
- svag, vän, tam, intetsägande, mild, smaklös, lam, blid, faddSwedish
- 平淡Chinese
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