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| Main Entry: | insipid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | anemic, arid, banal, beige, blah*, bland, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, dry, feeble, flat, inane, innocuous, jejune, lifeless, limp, mild, mundane, nothing, ordinary, plain, pointless, prosaic, slight, soft*, spiritless, stale, stupid, subdued, tame, tedious, tenuous, thin, tired, trite, unimaginative, vapid, watery, weak, wearisome, wishy-washy*, characterless, driveling, ho-hum, nebbish, prosy, weariful |
| Notes: | sipid - of pleasing taste, flavor, or character - is the opposite of insipid |
| Antonyms: | exciting, exhilarating, interesting, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insipid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless |
| Synonyms: | bland, distasteful, flat, flavorless, jejune, mild, stale, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, vapid, watered-down, watery, savorless |
| Antonyms: | appetizing, delicious, tasty, yummy |
| Main Entry: | amateurish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprofessional |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, unskilled, untrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | banal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commonplace |
| Synonyms: | blah*, bland, common, conventional, corny, dumb, everyday, flat, hackneyed, hokey*, humdrum*, insipid, mundane, nothing, old hat, ordinary, pabulum*, pedestrian, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, stupid, tired, tripe, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid, watery, wishy-washy*, zero*, bromidic, clichéd, cornball, cornfed, dull as dishwater, ho hum, noplace, nowhere, platitudinous |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | arid, bomb*, bummer*, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, dull, flat*, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten*, mundane, nothing, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, zero*, bromidic, characterless, drudging, ho hum, nowhere, platitudinous, unvaried, well-worn |
| Antonyms: | exciting, fascinating, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distasteful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repulsive, unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, gross*, hateful, icky*, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unpalatable, unsavory, yucky*, afflictive, dislikable, displeasing, grody, savorless, unlikable, yicky |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, delectable, delicious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humdrum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uneventful |
| Synonyms: | arid, blah, common, commonplace, dim, dime a dozen, drab, dreary, dull, everyday, insipid, lifeless, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, repetitious, routine, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, vanilla*, wearisome, banausic, bromidic, garden-variety, monotone, plodding, prosy, toneless, treadmill, unvaried, white-bread |
| Antonyms: | busy, eventful, exciting, lively, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, daft, empty, fatuous, flat, foolish, frivolous, futile, harebrained*, idiotic, illogical, innocuous, insipid, jejune, laughable, meaningless, mindless, pointless, puerile, ridiculous, sappy*, senseless, silly, trifling, unintelligent, vacant, vacuous, vain, vapid, weak, wishy-washy*, worthless, imbecilic |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incompetent; not suitable |
| Synonyms: | awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, flat, gauche, ill-suited, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unable, unfit, unskilled, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, ill-adapted, ill-fitted, inadept, inapposite, infelicitous, undexterous, unfacile, unhandy, unmeet, unproficient |
| Antonyms: | apt, competent, happy, suitable, suited |
| Main Entry: | innocuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless |
| Synonyms: | banal, bland, flat, innocent, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, kind, safe, weak, innoxious, inobnoxious, painless, sapless, unobjectionable, unoffending |
| Antonyms: | bad, damaging, destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious |
| Main Entry: | maudlin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | teary, overemotional |
| Synonyms: | befuddled, confused, gushing, insipid, lachrymose, mawkish, mushy*, romantic, sentimental, slush*, soap*, soapy, tearful, weak, weepy, bathetic, cornball, drippy, schmaltzy, soppy, syrupy, tear-jerking |
| Antonyms: | calm, matter-of-fact, unimaginative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional, romantic |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, loving, maudlin, mushy*, nostalgic, overacted, passionate, pathetic, saccharine*, sappy*, silly, sloppy*, soapy, soft, softhearted*, sugary*, sweet, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy, gushy, lovey-dovey, moonstruck, overemotional, rosewater, schmaltzy, simpering, slushy, syrupy, tear-jerking |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, hard-hearted, unromantic, unsentimental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tedious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, monotonous |
| Synonyms: | annoying, arid, banal, boring, drab, dragging, dreary, dry, dusty*, endless, humdrum, insipid, irksome, laborious, lifeless, mortal, pabulum*, poky*, prosaic, slow, snooze*, soporific, tiresome, tiring, unexciting, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, bromidic, draggy, drudging, dull as dishwater, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, ho-hum, long-drawn-out, prosy, weariful |
| Antonyms: | entertaining, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trifling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, worthless |
| Synonyms: | banal, dinky*, empty, frivolous, hollow, idle, idling, inane, inconsequential, insipid, jejune, measly, minuscule, negligible, niggling*, nugatory, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, shallow, silly, slight, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant, vain, valueless, vapid, forget it, inconsiderable, loitering, no big deal, no big thing |
| Antonyms: | important, significant, useful, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unappetizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distasteful |
| Synonyms: | flat, flavorless, gross, icky*, insipid, tasteless, unappealing, unattractive, uninteresting, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, vapid, yucky*, grody, savorless, stinky |
| Antonyms: | appetizing, attractive, delicious, savory, tasty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uninteresting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uneventful |
| Synonyms: | arid, banal, common, commonplace, depressing, dismal, drab, dreary, dry, dull, dusty*, flat, humdrum, insipid, irksome, jejune, monotonous, nothing*, pedestrian, prosaic, soporific, stale, stupid, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unexciting, wearisome, big yawn, bromidic, fatiguing, ho hum, nowhere, prosy, unenjoyable, unentertaining, uninspiring |
| Antonyms: | eventful, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsavory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | revolting, sickening |
| Synonyms: | acid, bitter, bland, disagreeable, distasteful, dull, flavorless, gross*, icky*, insipid, lousy, nasty, nauseating, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, rancid, rank, raunchy*, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, rough, sad, shady, sharp, shifty, sour, stinking, tart, tasteless, tough, unappetizing, unpalatable, unpleasant, wrong, no good |
| Antonyms: | appetizing, attractive, savory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vapid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, dull |
| Synonyms: | bland, boring, colorless, dead*, flavorless, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, least, lifeless, limp, nothing, stale, tame, tasteless, tedious, tiresome, unimaginative, uninteresting, unpalatable, vacant, vacuous, watery, weak, wishy-washy*, zero*, driveling, flat tire, milk-and-water, milquetoast, nowhere, uninspiring |
| Antonyms: | lively, pungent, sharp, spicy, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | watery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liquid, diluted |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, anemic, bloodless, colorless, damp, dilute, flavorless, fluid, humid, insipid, marshy, moist, pale, sodden, soggy, tasteless, thin, washed, watered-down, weak, wet, aqueous, doused, runny, serous, water-logged, waterlike |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, dry, solid, dehydrated |
| Main Entry: | wishy-washy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bland, dull |
| Synonyms: | banal, cowardly, enervated, feeble, flat, flavorless, indecisive, ineffective, ineffectual, insipid, irresolute, jejune, languid, listless, mediocre, namby-pamby*, spiritless, tasteless, thin, vacillating, vapid, watered-down, watery, wavering, weak, characterless, sapless, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | dynamic, exciting, interesting, lively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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