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IH2 N S IH1 P AH0 D
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Unappetizingly flavorless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tasteless, bland, vapid, wearish
Antonyms: savory, savorous, sapid, flavoury, gustable, saporific, saporous, tastable, tasteable
Flat; lacking character or definition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boring, vacuous, dull, bland, vapid, characterless, colourless
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
lacking interest or significance or impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an insipid personality jejune novel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jejune
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
lacking taste or flavor or tang
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a bland diet insipid hospital food flavorless supermarket tomatoes vapid beer vapid tea
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, savorless, savourless, vapid
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *sep- Proto-Italic *sapjō Latin sapiō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin sapidus Latin īnsipiduslbor. French insipidebor. English insipid From French insipide, from Latin īnsipidus (“tasteless”), from in- (“not”) + sapidus (“savory”). In some senses, perhaps influenced by insipient (“unwise, foolish, stupid”).
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
անհամ
(anham)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Bulgarian :
безвкусен
(bezvkusen)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Bulgarian :
блудкав
(bludkav)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Catalan :
insípid
— unappetizingly flavorless
Czech :
mdlý
— unappetizingly flavorless
Danish :
smagløs
— unappetizingly flavorless
Dutch :
flauw
— unappetizingly flavorless
Dutch :
smaakloos
— unappetizingly flavorless
Dutch :
smakeloos
— unappetizingly flavorless
Finnish :
mauton
— unappetizingly flavorless
Finnish :
lattea
— unappetizingly flavorless
French :
insipide
— unappetizingly flavorless
German :
fade
— unappetizingly flavorless
German :
lasch
— unappetizingly flavorless
German :
abgestanden
— unappetizingly flavorless
Greek :
άνοστος
(ánostos)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Greek :
άγευστος
(ágefstos)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Ancient Greek :
ἄγευστος
(ágeustos)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Irish :
leamh
— unappetizingly flavorless
Latin :
insulsus
— unappetizingly flavorless
Manx :
neuvlaystal
— unappetizingly flavorless
Māori :
hākore
— unappetizingly flavorless
Māori :
makiha
— unappetizingly flavorless
Māori :
mākihakiha
— unappetizingly flavorless
Māori :
kōwhau
— unappetizingly flavorless
Norwegian :
flau
— unappetizingly flavorless
Norwegian :
smakløs
— unappetizingly flavorless
Occitan :
insipid
— unappetizingly flavorless
Old English :
ǣmelle
— unappetizingly flavorless
Persian :
ویشیل
(višil)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Persian :
بیمزه
(bi-maze)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Plautdietsch :
schmaklooss
— unappetizingly flavorless
Plautdietsch :
fleiw
— unappetizingly flavorless
Polish :
mdły
— unappetizingly flavorless
Portuguese :
insípido
— unappetizingly flavorless
Romanian :
fără gust
— unappetizingly flavorless
Romanian :
insipid
— unappetizingly flavorless
Romanian :
fad
— unappetizingly flavorless
Romanian :
searbăd
— unappetizingly flavorless
Russian :
безвку́сный
(bezvkúsnyj)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Russian :
пре́сный
(présnyj)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Scottish Gaelic :
ana-blasta
— unappetizingly flavorless
Slovak :
mdlý
— unappetizingly flavorless
Spanish :
insípido
— unappetizingly flavorless
Swedish :
smaklös
— unappetizingly flavorless
Swedish :
fadd
— unappetizingly flavorless
Tagalog :
mayapa
— unappetizingly flavorless
Thai :
จืด
(jʉ̀ʉt)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Ottoman Turkish :
طاتسز
(tatsız)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Ottoman Turkish :
لذتسز
(lezzetsiz)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Ottoman Turkish :
یاوان
(yavan)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Ukrainian :
несмачний
(nesmačnyj)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Ukrainian :
прісний
(prisnyj)
— unappetizingly flavorless
Armenian :
անհամ
(anham)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Bulgarian :
безинтересен
(bezinteresen)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Catalan :
insípid
— flat; lacking character or definition
Dutch :
karakterloos
— flat; lacking character or definition
Finnish :
mauton
— flat; lacking character or definition
Finnish :
lattea
— flat; lacking character or definition
Finnish :
valju
— flat; lacking character or definition
Finnish :
mielenkiinnoton
— flat; lacking character or definition
French :
insipide
— flat; lacking character or definition
German :
charakterlos
— flat; lacking character or definition
German :
geschmacklos
— flat; lacking character or definition
German :
stumpfsinnig
— flat; lacking character or definition
German :
geistlos
— flat; lacking character or definition
Greek :
ανούσιος
(anoúsios)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Greek :
άνοστος
(ánostos)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Ancient Greek :
πλαδαρός
(pladarós)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Latin :
frigidus
— flat; lacking character or definition
Polish :
bezbarwny
— flat; lacking character or definition
Polish :
nudny
— flat; lacking character or definition
Portuguese :
insípido
— flat; lacking character or definition
Romanian :
fără caracter
— flat; lacking character or definition
Romanian :
insipid
— flat; lacking character or definition
Romanian :
anost
— flat; lacking character or definition
Russian :
ску́чный
(skúčnyj)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Russian :
неинтере́сный
(neinterésnyj)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Russian :
пло́ский
(plóskij)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Scottish Gaelic :
ana-blasta
— flat; lacking character or definition
Spanish :
insulso
— flat; lacking character or definition
Spanish :
soso
— flat; lacking character or definition
Thai :
จืด
(jʉ̀ʉt)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Ukrainian :
нудний
(nudnyj)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Ukrainian :
нецікавий
(necikavyj)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Ukrainian :
без смаку
(bez smaku)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Ukrainian :
плоский
(ploskyj)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Ukrainian :
прі́сний
(prísnyj)
— flat; lacking character or definition