blandness
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- 16
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- 9
Definition of blandness
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
“These temporary apprehensions, so vague but so awful, derived a wondrous potency from the contrasting serenity of the weather, in which, beneath all its blue blandness, some thought there lurked a devilish charm, as for days and days we voyaged along, through seas so wearily, lonesomely mild, that all space, in repugnance to our vengeful errand, seemed vacating itself of life before our urn-like prow.”
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noun
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
“These temporary apprehensions, so vague but so awful, derived a wondrous potency from the contrasting serenity of the weather, in which, beneath all its blue blandness, some thought there lurked a devilish charm, as for days and days we voyaged along, through seas so wearily, lonesomely mild, that all space, in repugnance to our vengeful errand, seemed vacating itself of life before our urn-like prow.”
- (countable, uncountable)The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
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(countable, uncountable)The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
“But generally, these summits have been real snoozers, producing statements of such vague blandness that they make G-20 resolutions read like Harry Potter page-turners.”
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Etymology
From bland + -ness.
Words you can make from blandness
200+ playable · top: BALDNESS (11 pts)
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10 words5-letter words
52 words- ABLED 8 pts
- BALDS 8 pts
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4-letter words
72 words- ABED 7 pts
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3-letter words
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2-letter words
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