ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Vanillafy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Vanillafy is a verb meaning (informal, transitive) To make generic, tame, or anodyne.

Meaning

(informal, transitive) To make generic, tame, or anodyne.

Example Sentences

They WILL be exposed to different cultures, unless specific measures are taken to vanillafy their experiences.
In Carver's words, the interior had been "vanillafied" into a colorless muddle that, while perhaps fitting for a modern pharmacy, was not the right kind of environment for a store that emphasized beauty and sensuality.
'We like our heroes to be complex,' he [Benedict Cumberbatch] continues. 'We don't like two-dimensional stereotypes. They don't last very long. Also, for an actor, it's a lot more fun to play someone who has shape and edge than someone who has been softened and "vanillafied".

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include genericize, blandify, deflavorize, disflavor, candify, flatten.

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