politic, smooth, suave, bland
(adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; “he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage”; “the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error”
bland, flat
(adjective) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; “a bland little drama”; “a flat joke”
bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
(adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang; “a bland diet”; “insipid hospital food”; “flavorless supermarket tomatoes”; “vapid beer”; “vapid tea”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bland (comparative blander, superlative blandest)
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
(figurative) Lacking interest; boring; dull.
(now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
bland (third-person singular simple present blands, present participle blanding, simple past and past participle blanded)
(transitive, UK dialectal) To mix; blend; mingle.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To connect; associate.
bland (plural blands)
(UK dialectal) Mixture; union.
A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
Bland
A surname.
A small city in Gasconade County and Osage County, Missouri, United States.
A census-designated place, the county seat of Bland County, Virginia, United States.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bland is the 1,315th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26,722 individuals. Bland is most common among White (60.20%) and Black (34.26%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Bland, a. Etym: [L. blandus, of unknown origin.]
1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant. "Exhilarating vapor bland." Milton.
2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
