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Synonyms for insipid
ɪnˈsɪp ɪdin·sipid

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Wiktionary3.7 / 3 votes

  1. insipidadjective

    Synonyms:
    boring, dull, vacuous, juvenile, tasteless, corny, colorless, characterless, vapid, fatuous, bland, colourless

  2. insipidadjective

    Unappetizingly flavorless.

    The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.

    Synonyms:
    dull, fatuous, boring, vapid, corny, characterless, juvenile, bland, tasteless, vacuous, colorless, colourless

  3. insipidadjective

    Flat; lacking character or definition.

    The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.

    Synonyms:
    colourless, dull, corny, juvenile, fatuous, characterless, vapid, bland, colorless, boring, tasteless, vacuous

  4. insipidadjective

    Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.

    Greeting cards contain some of the the most insipid words ever written.

    Synonyms:
    vapid, tasteless, corny, characterless, colourless, juvenile, vacuous, bland, colorless, dull, boring, fatuous

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. insipid

    Synonyms:
    cold, dull, flat, flavorless, prosy, stale, stupid, tasteless, vapid

    Antonyms:
    flavorous, forcible, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, rich, spicy, spirited

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. insipid

    Synonyms:
    tasteless, vapid, uninteresting, characterless, flavorless, flat, insulse, lifeless, prosy, stupid

    Antonyms:
    tasty, sapid, relishing, racy, interesting, engaging

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapidadjective

    lacking taste or flavor or tang

    "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

    Synonyms:
    plane, smooth, two-dimensional, flavorless, categoric, matt, savourless, jejune, level, monotonic, compressed, unconditional, matted, suave, vapid, categorical, monotonous, prostrate, matte, monotone, savorless, flat, bland, mat, flavourless, politic

    Antonyms:
    tasty, interesting

  2. insipid, jejuneadjective

    lacking interest or significance or impact

    "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"

    Synonyms:
    bland, insubstantial, savourless, flat, flavorless, savorless, juvenile, flavourless, vapid, jejune, puerile, adolescent

    Antonyms:
    interesting, tasty

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. insipidadjective

    Synonyms:
    tasteless, gustless, savorless, vapid, mawkish, stale, flat

  2. insipidadjective

    Synonyms:
    spiritless, lifeless, heavy, stupid, dull, frigid, tame, prosaic, prosy, uninteresting, unentertaining

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "insipid":

    vapid, tasteless, watered-down, bland, innocuous

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#9386adolescent
#13293dull
#14073matte
#19975bland
#21321unconditional
#21524monotone
#21855matted
#25360stale
#25414categorical
#32970tasteless
#38890colorless
#41204lifeless
#41906politic
#44309monotonic
#46345corny
#48293monotonous
#48630innocuous
#49663suave
#50983prostrate
#53115uninteresting
#72074insipid
#77536colourless
#83005vacuous
#90817insubstantial
#94014vapid
#119384puerile
#128000fatuous
#238944flavorless
#292748characterless
#315230jejune

How to use insipid in a sentence?

  1. Friedrich Nietzsche:

    At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

  2. William James:

    A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He breaks his engagements, leaves his letters unanswered, neglects his family duties incorrigibly, because he is powerless to turn his attention down and back from those more interesting trains of imagery with which his genius constantly occupies his mind.

  3. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

    To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

  4. Miguel Cervantes:

    I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

  5. Chris Williamson:

    The overall pace of expansion remains insipid rather than impressive. This is perhaps not surprising given the heightened degree of uncertainty surrounding the Greek debt talks that was seen during the month.


Translations for insipid

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  • insípidCatalan, Valencian
  • mdlýCzech
  • stumpfsinnig, fade, charakterlos, abgestanden, geschmacklos, lasch, geistlosGerman
  • άγευστος, ανούσιος, άνοστος, σαχλόςGreek
  • cursi, insípido, insulso, sosoSpanish
  • mauton, lattea, mielenkiinnoton, valjuFinnish
  • ana-blastaScottish Gaelic
  • neuvlaystalManx
  • 卑劣なJapanese
  • 지루한Korean
  • makiha, mākihakiha, hākoreMāori
  • karakterloos, smakeloos, smaakloos, flauwDutch
  • smakløs, flauNorwegian
  • mdłyPolish
  • insípidoPortuguese
  • nesimțitor, fără caracter, fără spirit, fad, anost, insipid, nesensibil, nespiritual, fără gust, searbădRomanian
  • неинтересный, скучный, безвкусный, слащавый, пресный, плоскийRussian
  • 平淡Chinese

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