Thesaurus / bland
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Known to be bland with a subtle taste of asparagus, cicadas have long been consumed across cultures.
THESE DOGS, BIRDS, AND SQUIRRELS ARE STUFFING THEIR FACES WITH BROOD X CICADASBENJI JONESMAY 21, 2021VOXIt’s bland by design, a rundown of who can do what and when.
WHY MITCH MCCONNELL IS FILIBUSTERING TO PROTECT THE FILIBUSTERPHILIP ELLIOTTJANUARY 22, 2021TIMEIf your childhood palate was heavily shaped by precision-engineered processed food, simpler, blander midcentury classics are almost a relief.
20 DAYS OF TURKEYMEGHAN MCCARRONDECEMBER 23, 2020EATERWhat sells the entire experience is iOS 14, a software update that brings marked improvements to the bland grid of app icons that have dominated the iPhone’s display since the beginning.
MY ONLY BEEF WITH THE IPHONE 12 MINI? I WISH IT WAS EVEN SMALLERPATRICK LUCAS AUSTINNOVEMBER 24, 2020TIMEAt times I found myself laughing at the bland dialogue, and once audibly groaned when a character’s last ditch effort to take down the Galactic Empire involved—you guessed it—flying through a tiny corridor to shoot some missiles into a hole.
STAR WARS: SQUADRONS CRAMS TONS OF FUN IN A TINY COCKPITPATRICK LUCAS AUSTINOCTOBER 19, 2020TIMETherefore, Bland concluded that Parliament technically had no jurisdiction over the American colonies.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY"Perhaps your ladyship can persuade Lady Hartledon to exert herself," suggested the bland doctor.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe King, on his return from the Continent, found his subjects in no bland humour.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYOvid looked a bit doubtful, but Scattergood's voice was so interested, so bland, that any suspicion of irony was allayed.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDAs soon as they are whipped they make off to wives and home, and meet the scouts with a bland smile and outstretched hand.
CAMPAIGN PICTURES OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA (1899-1900)A. G. HALESWORDS RELATED TO BLAND
- accommodating
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- approachable
- beneficent
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- big-hearted
- bland
- bonhomous
- charitable
- chivalrous
- civil
- compassionate
- complaisant
- congenial
- considerate
- cordial
- courteous
- courtly
- easy
- forthcoming
- friendly
- gallant
- genial
- good-hearted
- good-natured
- hospitable
- indulgent
- lenient
- loving
- merciful
- mild
- obliging
- pleasing
- polite
- sociable
- stately
- suave
- tender
- unctuous
- urbane
- well-mannered
- amiable
- balmy
- bland
- calm
- clement
- compassionate
- complaisant
- deferential
- docile
- dull
- easy
- equable
- feeble
- flat
- forbearant
- forbearing
- forgiving
- gentle
- good-humored
- good-natured
- good-tempered
- humane
- indulgent
- insipid
- jejune
- kind
- lenient
- meek
- mellow
- merciful
- mild-mannered
- moderate
- obeisant
- obliging
- pacific
- patient
- peaceable
- placid
- serene
- smooth
- soft
- spiritless
- subdued
- submissive
- subservient
- tame
- temperate
- tender
- tranquil
- unassuming
- vapid
- warm
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.