insipid

insipid
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Tasteless]
Syn. flat, stale, vapid; see tasteless 1 .
2. [Uninteresting]
Syn. vapid, flat, banal, weak, lifeless, characterless; see also dull 4 .
Syn.- insipid implies a lack of taste or flavor and is, hence, figuratively applied to anything that is lifeless, dull, etc. [insipid table talk ] ; vapid and flat apply to that which once had, but has since lost, freshness, sharpness, tang, zest, etc. [ the vapid , or flat , epigrams that had once so delighted him ] ; banal is used of that which is so trite or hackneyed as to seem highly vapid or flat [ her banal compliments ]
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[in SIP id]
dull, lifeless, bland.
Television programming is growing ever more insipid.
SYN.: dull, lifeless, bland, vapid, tasteless, prosaic, flavorless, *blah, uninteresting, boring, tiring, colorless, weak, *lame.
ANT.: interesting, stimulating, exciting, colorful
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Lacking an appetizing flavor: bland, flat, flavorless, tasteless, unsavory. See TASTE. 2. Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality: bland, innocuous, jejune, namby-pamby, vapid, washy, watensh, watery. Informal: wishy-washy. See EXCITE, GOOD.

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  • insipid — insipid, vapid, flat, jejune, banal, wishy washy, inane mean devoid of qualities which give spirit, character, or substance to a thing. Something insipid is without taste, or savor, or pungency; the term is applied not only to food and drink… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Insipid — In*sip id, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See {Savor}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • insipid — [in sip′id] adj. [< Fr & LL: Fr insipide < LL insipidus < L in , not + sapidus, savory < sapere, to taste: see SAPIENT] 1. without flavor; tasteless 2. not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless insipidity n. pl. insipidities… …   English World dictionary

  • insipid — 1610s, without taste or perceptible flavor, from Fr. insipide (16c.), from L.L. inspidus tasteless, from L. in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sapidus tasty, from sapere have a taste (also be wise; see SAPIENT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • insipid — [adj1] dull, uninteresting anemic, arid, banal, beige, blah*, bland, characterless, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, driveling, dry, feeble, flat, ho hum*, inane, innocuous, jejune, lifeless, limp, mild, mundane, nebbish, nothing, ordinary,… …   New thesaurus

  • Insipid — (v. lat.), fad, geschmacklos …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Insipīd — (lat.), unschmackhaft; fade, albern …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Insipid — (lat.), unschmackhaft, albern …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Insipid — Insipid, lat. deutsch, fade, abgeschmackt …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • insipid — I adjective banal, bloodless, boring, colorless, diluted, dreary, dull, feeble, flat, flavorless, frigidus, halfhearted, impotent, inactive, ineffective, ineptus, insubstantial, insulsus, irresolute, languid, limp, pointless, powerless, savorless …   Law dictionary

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