What does bland mean?
Bland means Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating..
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/blænd/ · adjective
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating..
a bland oil
a bland diet
The coffee was bland.
First and foremost, alternative country artists generally claim to reject mainstream country music as musically indistinguishable from bland pop music, as lyrically superficial, and as having no artistic merit […]
bland comment
He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac / It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland
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 sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
Use bland when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bland means Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating..
Common synonyms include anodyne, flat, tasteless, wallow.
Possible antonyms include pungent.
a bland oil
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