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  • 101Insipidity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Insipidity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insipidity insipidity blandness Sgm: N 1 tastelessness tastelessness &c. >Adj. PARAG:Insipidity >V GRP: V 1 Sgm: V 1 be tasteless be tasteless &c. >Adj …

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  • 102Indifference — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Indifference >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 indifference indifference neutrality Sgm: N 1 coldness coldness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 anaphrodisia anaphrodisia Sgm: N 1 unconcern unconcern insouciance nonchalance …

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  • 103insipidity — c.1600, from INSIPID (Cf. insipid) + ITY (Cf. ity) …

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  • 104vapid — (adj.) 1650s, flat, insipid (of drinks), from L. vapidus flat, insipid, lit. that has exhaled its vapor, related to vappa stale wine, and probably to vapor vapor. Applied from 1758 to talk and writing deemed dull and lifeless …

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  • 105flattened — adj. leveled; straightened; made flat; knocked down; made insipid or dull flat·ten || flætn v. make level or smooth; become level; make flat; beat flat; knock down; make insipid or dull …

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  • 106tasteless — a. 1. Insipid, flat, without relish. 2. Dull, flat, insipid, uninteresting, vapid …

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  • 107vapid — a. 1. Insipid, tasteless, flat, savorless, spiritless, stale, dead. 2. Tame, dull, meagre, jejune, languid, feeble, prosing, prosy, prosaic, insipid, spiritless, flat …

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  • 108pall — I. n. 1. Cloak, mantle, outer garment. 2. Pallium, archbishop s scarf. 3. [Written also Pawl and Paul.] Detent, click. II. v. a. 1. Make vapid or insipid. 2. Satiate, cloy, surfeit, sate, glut, gorge, fi …

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  • 109wishy-washy — adjective 1) he s so wishy washy Syn: feeble, ineffectual, weak, vapid, effete, gutless, spineless, limp, namby pamby, spiritless, indecisive, characterless; pathetic Ant: strong …

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  • 110sapid — *palatable, appetizing, savory, tasty, toothsome, flavorsome, relishing Antonyms: insipid Contrasted words: vapid, flat, inane, jejune (see INSIPID): bland, *soft, mild …

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