VAPID

vapid

(adjective) lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; “a vapid conversation”; “a vapid smile”; “a bunch of vapid schoolgirls”

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


Etymology

Adjective

vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

Lifeless, dull, or banal.

Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

Synonyms

• See boring, wearisome, soporific

Anagrams

• pavid

Source: Wiktionary


Vap"id, a. Etym: [L. vapidus having lost its lire and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See Vapor.]

Definition: Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood. A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. Burke.

– Vap"id*ly, adv.

– Vap"id*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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