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Webster 1913 Edition
Insipid
In-sip′id
,Adj.
1.
Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless;
as,
. insipid
drink or foodBoyle.
2.
Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy;
as, an
insipid
woman; an insipid
composition.Flat,
insipid
, and ridiculous stuff to him. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Insipid
INSIP'ID
,Adj.
1.
Tasteless; destitute of taste; wanting the qualities which affect the organs of taste; vapid; as insipid liquor.2.
Wanting spirit, life or animation; wanting pathos, or the power of exciting emotions; flat; dull; heavy; as an insipid address; an insipid composition.3.
Wanting power to gratify desire; as insipid pleasure.Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
insipid (comparative more insipid, superlative most insipid)
- Unappetizingly flavorless.
- The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
- Flat; lacking character or definition.
- The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
- Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.
- Greeting cards contain some of the most insipid words ever written.
Synonyms
- boring
- wearish
- corny
- fatuous
- juvenile
- tasteless
- vacuous
- vapid
- dull
- bland
- colourless, colorless
- characterless
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
unappetizingly flavorless
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flat; lacking character or definition
cloyingly sentimental