vapid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈvæp.ɪd/, /ˈveɪp.ɪd/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 →ISBN
  Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:wearisome, Thesaurus:soporific

Derived terms

Translations

lifeless, dull, or banal

Faroese: einkisigandi
Finnish: mitäänsanomaton (fi), mielenkiinnoton, tympeä (fi)
French: amorphe (fr), inintéressant (fr), insignifiant (fr), niais (fr), gourde (fr), terne (fr), bête (fr), couillon (fr), cucul (fr), cucul-la-praline (fr), mièvre (fr)
Georgian: უშინაარსო (ušinaarso), მოსაწყენი (mosac̣q̇eni)
German: nichtssagend (de), geistlos (de), flach (de), kraftlos (de)
Italian: insulso (it), scipito (it)

Russian: ску́чный (ru) (skúčnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: isprazan (sh), beznačajan (sh), banalan (sh), bezvezan (sh)
Spanish: soso (es), bobo (es), memo (es), papanatas (es), pavitonto, zoquete (es), sin vida
Swedish: andefattig (sv), tråkig (sv)
Walloon: tantaloye (wa) m or f

tasteless, bland, or insipid

Finnish: mitäänsanomaton (fi), valju
French: insipide (fr), plat (fr), fade (fr), fadasse (fr)
Georgian: უგემოვნო (ugemovno)
German: fad (de), schal (de), flach (de)
Ido: insipida (io)
Italian: insipido (it), scipito (it)
Persian: لیوه‎ (fa) (live)

Russian: безвку́сный (ru) (bezvkúsnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: bezukusan (sh), bljutav (sh), neukusan (sh)
Sicilian: dissàpitu (scn)
Spanish: insípido (es), soso (es), insulso (es)
Swedish: fadd (sv)

Anagrams

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