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"2": "la",
"3": "blandus",
"4": "",
"5": "pleasant, flattering"
},
"expansion": "Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”)",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”).",
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{
"form": "blander",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"text": "a bland oil",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "a bland diet",
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}
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"Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prijáten",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "прия́тен"
},
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"roman": "uspokojávašt",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "успокоя́ващ"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sød"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "mild"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "zacht"
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"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "mitäänsanomaton"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "doux"
},
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"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "douce"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "mild"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "sanft"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "reizlos (med.)"
},
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "práos",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πράος"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ípios",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ήπιος"
},
{
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"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "blande"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blando"
},
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"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uspakajający"
},
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"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "suave"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prietenos"
},
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "blând"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "liniștitor"
},
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"roman": "prijátnyj",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "прия́тный"
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"roman": "uspokáivajuščij",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "успока́ивающий"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "suave"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
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}
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"text": "The coffee was bland.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Lacking in taste or flavor."
],
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{
"word": "flat"
},
{
"word": "tasteless"
},
{
"word": "wallow"
},
{
"word": "insipid"
}
],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anham",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "անհամ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "matabang"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezvkúsen",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "безвку́сен"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fáwèi de",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "乏味的"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mdlý"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "smaakloos"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "flauw"
},
{
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"code": "ebk",
"lang": "Eastern Bontoc",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "lamset"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mitäänsanomaton"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mieto"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mauton"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fade"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "fad"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "geschmacklos"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "langweilig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ánostos",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άνοστος"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágefstos",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άγευστος"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "insipido"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "fiacco"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "singgeopda",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "싱겁다"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "shavdo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "waimeha"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "makiha"
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{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mākihakiha"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "smakløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "intetsigende"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tatsız",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "طاتسز"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "lezzetsiz",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "لذتسز"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yavan",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "یاوان"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bi-maze",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "بیمزه"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "fleiw"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bezbarwny"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mdły"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nijaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "bez smaku"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "blady"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "insosso"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezvkúsnyj",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "безвку́сный"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "présnyj",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "пре́сный"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "soso"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "insulso"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "ñoño"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "insípido"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "desabrido"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "fadd"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "smaklös"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "svag"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mild"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "intetsägande"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "lam"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "tam"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "matabang"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezsmákovyj",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "безсма́ковий"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "lạt"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 74 13 9 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "nhạt"
}
]
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"ref": "2012, John Shepherd, David Horn, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World",
"text": "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 […]",
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],
"glosses": [
"Lacking in vigor."
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"vigor"
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{
"text": "bland comment"
},
{
"ref": "1996, “Country House”, in The Great Escape, performed by Blur",
"text": "He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac / It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Lacking interest; boring; dull."
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"dull",
"dull"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) Lacking interest; boring; dull."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lackluster"
},
{
"word": "wan"
},
{
"word": "boring"
},
{
"word": "dim"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
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"_dis1": "1 16 9 72 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "hohl"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 16 9 72 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "platt"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 16 9 72 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"word": "geistlos"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 16 9 72 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"word": "stumpfsinnig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 16 9 72 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skučnyj",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"word": "скучный"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 16 9 72 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neinterésnyj",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"word": "неинтере́сный"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1818, John Keats, Sonnet",
"text": "Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?",
"type": "quotation"
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"Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave."
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"(now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mek",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "мек"
},
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "néžen",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "не́жен"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 2 4 88",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "láskav",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "ла́скав"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "mild"
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{
"_dis1": "3 3 2 4 88",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "zacht"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "väritön"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 2 4 88",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "mitäänsanomaton"
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{
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"word": "vaisu"
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"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "blande"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blando"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uspakajający"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "suave"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prietenos"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "blând"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liniștitor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prijátnyj",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "прия́тный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uspokáivajuščij",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "успока́ивающий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "suave"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating",
"word": "mild"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anham",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "անհամ"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "matabang"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezvkúsen",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "безвку́сен"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fáwèi de",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "乏味的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mdlý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "smaakloos"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "flauw"
},
{
"code": "ebk",
"lang": "Eastern Bontoc",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "lamset"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mitäänsanomaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mieto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mauton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "fad"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "geschmacklos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "langweilig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ánostos",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άνοστος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágefstos",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άγευστος"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "insipido"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "fiacco"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "singgeopda",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "싱겁다"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "shavdo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "waimeha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "makiha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mākihakiha"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "smakløs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "intetsigende"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tatsız",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "طاتسز"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "lezzetsiz",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "لذتسز"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yavan",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "یاوان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bi-maze",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "بیمزه"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "fleiw"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bezbarwny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mdły"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nijaki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "bez smaku"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "blady"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "insosso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezvkúsnyj",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "безвку́сный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "présnyj",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "пре́сный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "soso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "insulso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "ñoño"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "insípido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "desabrido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "fadd"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "smaklös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "svag"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "mild"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "intetsägande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "lam"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "tam"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "matabang"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezsmákovyj",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "безсма́ковий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "lạt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking in taste or flavor",
"word": "nhạt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "hohl"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "platt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"word": "geistlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"word": "stumpfsinnig"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skučnyj",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"word": "скучный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neinterésnyj",
"sense": "(fig.) lacking interest; boring; dull",
"word": "неинтере́сный"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mek",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "мек"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "zacht"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "väritön"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "mitäänsanomaton"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "vaisu"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"tags": [
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"word": "doux"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "douce"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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"word": "suave"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "sanftmütig"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "gelassen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "blass"
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"code": "el",
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"code": "el",
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"code": "el",
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"tags": [
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"word": "απαλός"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"tags": [
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"word": "blando"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
"word": "delikatny"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "suave"
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "afabil"
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "pritenos"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "мя́гкий"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"word": "не́жный"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "ла́сковый"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "tenue"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "mild; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave",
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"code": "sv",
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"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "blond",
"3": "",
"4": "blending, mixture, confusion"
},
"expansion": "blond (“blending, mixture, confusion”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blandą",
"4": "",
"5": "a mixing, mixture"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blandą (“a mixing, mixture”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰlendʰ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "blanda",
"3": "",
"4": "a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic blanda (“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English bland, from Old English bland, blond (“blending, mixture, confusion”), from Proto-Germanic *blandą (“a mixing, mixture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda (“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "blands",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "bland (countable and uncountable, plural blands)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English dialectal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Mixture; union."
],
"links": [
[
"Mixture",
"mixture"
],
[
"union",
"union"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK dialectal) Mixture; union."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"countable",
"dialectal",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English links with redundant wikilinks"
],
"glosses": [
"A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands."
],
"links": [
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
],
[
"whey",
"whey"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blænd/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ænd"
},
{
"audio": "En-ca-bland.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/En-ca-bland.ogg/En-ca-bland.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/En-ca-bland.ogg",
"tags": [
"Canada"
],
"text": "Audio (CA)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blaind"
},
{
"tags": [
"Scotland"
],
"word": "blaund"
}
],
"word": "bland"
}
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