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Insipid Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Insipid? [adj] not pleasing to the sense of taste [adj] lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" [adj] lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel" [adj] lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Insipid: bland \| flat \| flavorless \| flavourless \| harmless \| innocuous \| jejune \| savorless \| savourless \| tasteless \| unappetising \| unappetizing \| uninteresting \| vapid Related Terms \| Find terms related to Insipid: arid \| banal \| bare \| barren \| betwixt and between \| blah \| bland \| blank \| bleached \| bloodless \| bromidic \| changeable \| characterless \| clear \| cold \| colorless \| common \| commonplace \| dead \| devoid \| dilute \| diluted \| dismal \| distasteful \| draggy \| drearisome \| dreary \| driveling \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| dusty \| effete \| elephantine \| empty \| etiolated \| fade \| fair \| fair to middling \| fairish \| featureless \| feeble \| flat \| flavorless \| gruelly \| halfhearted \| heavy \| ho-hum \| hollow \| humdrum \| ill-flavored \| inane \| indecisive \| indifferent \| inexcitable \| infirm of purpose \| infirm of will \| innocuous \| irresolute \| jejune \| lackluster \| leaden \| lifeless \| low-spirited \| matter-of-fact \| mediocre \| medium \| middling \| mild \| milk-and-water \| milky \| moderate \| modest \| mundane \| mushy \| namby-pamby \| neutral \| null \| null and void \| of a kind \| of a sort \| of sorts \| ordinary \| pale \| pallid \| pappy \| passable \| pedestrian \| plain \| plodding \| poetryless \| pointless \| poky \| ponderous \| prosaic \| prosing \| prosy \| pulpy \| respectable \| sapless \| savorless \| slight \| slow \| soft \| solemn \| so-so \| spiceless \| spiritless \| stale \| sterile \| stiff \| stodgy \| stuffy \| subdued \| superficial \| swashy \| tame \| tasteless \| tedious \| tenuous \| thin \| tiresome \| tolerable \| unappetizing \| unembellished \| unflavored \| unidealistic \| unimaginative \| unimpassioned \| uninteresting \| unlively \| unpoetic \| unrelieved \| unromantic \| unsavory \| vacant \| vacuous \| vapid \| void \| washy \| watered \| watered-down \| waterish \| watery \| weak \| weariful \| wearisome \| white \| wishy-washy \| with nothing inside \| without content \| wooden See Also \| Insipid In Webster's Dictionary \In*sip"id\, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See {Savor}.] 1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food. --Boyle. 2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition. Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him. --South. But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid. --Dryden. Syn: Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated; lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.

Insipid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insipid?

[adj] not pleasing to the sense of taste
[adj] lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
[adj] lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel"
[adj] lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

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Insipid In Webster's Dictionary

\In*sip"id\, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus
savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See {Savor}.]
1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste;
   without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid
   drink or food. --Boyle.

2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting;
   weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an
   insipid composition.

         Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him. --South.

         But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to
         say so, almost insipid.               --Dryden.

Syn: Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated;
     lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.

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