| Main Entry: | blah |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, lifeless |
Synonyms: |
banausic, bland, boring, dim, dreary, humdrum, monotone, monotonous, pedestrian, plodding, yawn producing |
Antonyms: |
exciting, full of life, spirited |
| Main Entry: | apathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncaring, disinterested |
Synonyms: |
blah*, callous, cold, cool, could care less, couldn't care less, don't give a damn, draggy, emotionless, flat, impassive, indifferent, insensible, laid-back*, languid, moony, passive, stoic, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive, untouched, what the hell, wimpy |
Antonyms: |
caring, concerned, interested, responsive |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor quality |
Synonyms: |
abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news, beastly, blah*, bottom out, bummer, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, cruddy, crummy, defective, deficient, diddly, dissatisfactory, downer, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, godawful, grody, gross*, grungy, icky, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, junky, lousy*, not good, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, the pits, unacceptable, unsatisfactory |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
good, honest, reputable, right, upright, virtuous, worthy |
| Main Entry: | banal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
Synonyms: |
blah*, bland, bromidic, clichéd, common, conventional, cornball, cornfed, corny, dull as dishwater, dumb, everyday, flat, hackneyed, ho hum, hokey, humdrum*, insipid, mundane, noplace, nothing, nowhere, old hat, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, stupid, tired, tripe, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid, watery, wishy-washy, zero* |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, original |
| Main Entry: | bland |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless; undistinctive |
Synonyms: |
banal, blah*, boring, dull, dull as dishwater, flat, flavorless, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pabulum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, waterish, watery, weak, wimpy, wishy-washy, zero* |
Antonyms: |
delicious, distinctive, sharp, tasty, yummy |
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | darkish |
Synonyms: |
blah, bleary, blurred, caliginous, cloudy, dark, dingy, dreary, dull, dusk, dusky, faded, faint, flat, fuzzy, gloomy, gray, ill-defined, indistinct, lackluster, lightless, mat, monotone, monotonous, murky, muted, obscured, opaque, overcast, pale, poorly lit, shadowy, sullied, tarnished, tenebrous, unclear, unilluminated, vague, weak |
Antonyms: |
bright, brilliant, clear, distinct, light |
| Main Entry: | drab |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, colorless |
Synonyms: |
arid, blah*, bleak, boring, brown, characterless, cheerless, desolate, dingy, dismal, dreary, dry, dull as dishwater, faded, flat, gloomy, gray, grungy, lackluster, lusterless, muddy, murky, run-down, same, shabby, somber, subfuse, unchanging, uninspired, vapid, zero* |
Antonyms: |
bright, colorful, inspired |
| Main Entry: | dreary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gloomy, lifeless |
Synonyms: |
black, blah, bleak, boring, cheerless, colorless, comfortless, damp, depressing, depressive, dingy, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, downcast, drab, dull, forlorn, funereal, glum, humdrum, joyless, lonely, lonesome, melancholy, monotonous, mournful, oppressive, pedestrian, raw, routine, sad, somber, sorrowful, tedious, uneventful, uninteresting, wearisome, windy, wintry, wretched |
Antonyms: |
bright, clear, happy, light, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, uninteresting |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, blah, boring, bromidic, draggy, dreary, dull as dishwater, dusty, ho hum, impassive, inelaborate, insipid, matter-of-fact, modest, monotonous, naked, phlegmatic, plain, simple, tedious, tiresome, trite, weariful, wearisome |
Antonyms: |
exciting, interesting, juicy, lively, untiring |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uninteresting |
Synonyms: |
abused, archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, driveling, dry, familiar, flat, hackneyed, heavy, ho hum, hoary, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, longwinded, monotonous, oft-repeated, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
active, exciting, interesting, lively |