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bland
(encz) | bland,chabý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bland
(encz) | bland,neslazený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bland
(encz) | bland,neurčité chuti adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Bland
(gcide) | Bland \Bland\, a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.]
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1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave;
as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
"Exhilarating vapor bland." --Milton.
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2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or
irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland
diet.
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bland
(wn) | bland
adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid
beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless,
flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless,
vapid]
2: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland
little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat]
3: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so
important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer
with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic,
smooth, suave, bland] |
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bland
(encz) | bland,chabý adj: Zdeněk Brožbland,neslazený adj: Zdeněk Brožbland,neurčité chuti adj: Zdeněk Brož |
blandest
(encz) | blandest,nejchabější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
blandish
(encz) | blandish,lichotit v: Zdeněk Brož |
blandishment
(encz) | blandishment,lichocení n: Zdeněk Brožblandishment,lichotky n: Zdeněk Brož |
blandly
(encz) | blandly,mdle adv: Zdeněk Brožblandly,mírně adv: Zdeněk Brožblandly,nezajímavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
blandness
(encz) | blandness,mdlost n: Zdeněk Brožblandness,nezajímavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrubland
(encz) | scrubland,buš Zdeněk Brož |
Blandation
(gcide) | Blandation \Blan*da"tion\, n. [Cf. L. blanditia, blandities, fr.
blandus. See Bland.]
Flattery. [Obs.]
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Blandiloquence
(gcide) | Blandiloquence \Blan*dil"o*quence\, n. [L. blandiloquentia;
blandus mild + loqui to speak.]
Mild, flattering speech.
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Blandiloquious
(gcide) | Blandiloquous \Blan*dil"o*quous\, Blandiloquious
\Blan*di*lo"qui*ous\, a.
Fair-spoken; flattering.
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Blandiloquous
(gcide) | Blandiloquous \Blan*dil"o*quous\, Blandiloquious
\Blan*di*lo"qui*ous\, a.
Fair-spoken; flattering.
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Blandise
(gcide) | Blandise \Blan"dise\, v. i. [Same word as Blandish.]
To blandish any one. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Blandish
(gcide) | Blandish \Blan"dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blandished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blandishing.] [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L.
blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering.]
1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to
caress; to cajole.
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2. To make agreeable and enticing.
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Mustering all her wiles,
With blandished parleys. --Milton.
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Blandished
(gcide) | Blandish \Blan"dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blandished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blandishing.] [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L.
blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering.]
1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to
caress; to cajole.
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2. To make agreeable and enticing.
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Mustering all her wiles,
With blandished parleys. --Milton.
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Blandisher
(gcide) | Blandisher \Blan"dish*er\, n.
One who uses blandishments.
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Blandishing
(gcide) | Blandish \Blan"dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blandished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blandishing.] [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L.
blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering.]
1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to
caress; to cajole.
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2. To make agreeable and enticing.
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Mustering all her wiles,
With blandished parleys. --Milton.
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Blandishment
(gcide) | Blandishment \Blan"dish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. blandissement.]
The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection
or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and
artful caresses; cajolery; allurement.
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Cowering low with blandishment. --Milton.
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Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments.
--Macaulay.
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Blandly
(gcide) | Blandly \Bland"ly\, adv.
In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.
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Blandness
(gcide) | Blandness \Bland"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being bland.
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bland
(wn) | bland
adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid
beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless,
flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless,
vapid]
2: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland
little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat]
3: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so
important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer
with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic,
smooth, suave, bland] |
bland diet
(wn) | bland diet
n 1: a diet of foods that are not irritating; "he ate a bland
diet because of his colitis" [syn: bland diet, {ulcer
diet}] |
blandfordia
(wn) | Blandfordia
n 1: small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs [syn:
Blandfordia, genus Blandfordia] |
blandish
(wn) | blandish
v 1: praise somewhat dishonestly [syn: flatter, blandish]
[ant: belittle, disparage, pick at] |
blandishment
(wn) | blandishment
n 1: flattery intended to persuade [syn: blandishment,
cajolery, palaver]
2: the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery [syn:
blandishment, wheedling] |
blandly
(wn) | blandly
adv 1: in a bland manner; "his blandly incompetent attempts" |
blandness
(wn) | blandness
n 1: the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or
concern; "the blandness of his confession enraged the
judge"
2: lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property [syn:
blandness, insipidity, insipidness]
3: the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in
manner [syn: suavity, suaveness, blandness,
smoothness] |
genus blandfordia
(wn) | genus Blandfordia
n 1: small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs [syn:
Blandfordia, genus Blandfordia] |
salix blanda
(wn) | Salix blanda
n 1: hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit [syn:
Wisconsin weeping willow, Salix pendulina, {Salix
blanda}, Salix pendulina blanda] |
salix pendulina blanda
(wn) | Salix pendulina blanda
n 1: hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit [syn:
Wisconsin weeping willow, Salix pendulina, {Salix
blanda}, Salix pendulina blanda] |
scablands
(wn) | scablands
n 1: (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little
vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial
origin (especially in eastern Washington) |
scrubland
(wn) | scrubland
n 1: an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation |
viola blanda
(wn) | Viola blanda
n 1: short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having
fragrant purple-veined white flowers [syn: {sweet white
violet}, white violet, woodland white violet, {Viola
blanda}] |
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