BLANDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blandness mean? 

• BLANDNESS (noun)
  The noun BLANDNESS has 3 senses:

1. the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern

2. lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property

3. the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner

  Familiarity information: BLANDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLANDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the blandness of his confession enraged the judge

Hypernyms ("blandness" is a kind of...):

emotionlessness; unemotionality (absence of emotion)

Derivation:

bland (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

blandness; insipidity; insipidness

Hypernyms ("blandness" is a kind of...):

unappetisingness; unappetizingness (the property of spoiling the appetite)

Derivation:

bland (lacking taste or flavor or tang)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

blandness; smoothness; suaveness; suavity

Hypernyms ("blandness" is a kind of...):

graciousness (excellence of manners or social conduct)

Derivation:

bland (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication)