bland
/blænd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.50 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
Example Sentences
- "a bland oil"
- "a bland diet"
- "The coffee was bland."
- "First and foremost, alternative country artists generally claim to reject mainstream country music as musically indistinguishable from bland pop music, as lyrically superficial, and as having no artistic merit […]"
- "bland comment"
- "He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac / It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel- Proto-Indo-European *meld- Proto-Indo-European *mland-der. Latin blandusbor. English bland Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰlendʰ-, blanden, blandan, *blandaną, bland, *blandą
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /blænd/
- British English: /blænd/
Usage
- Archaic
- British usage
- Transitive verb
- Countable
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
blander (comparative)
blandest (superlative)
blands (present, singular)
blanding (participle, present)
blanded (participle, past)
blanded (past)
blands (plural)
blaind (alternative)
blaund (alternative)