Vapid — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking taste or flavor or tang

lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/vˈæpɪd/

🇬🇧British English

/vˈapɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/vˈapɪd/

2 syllables Say it as /vˈæpɪd/.

Examples

a bland diet
insipid hospital food
flavorless supermarket tomatoes

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flavorless insipid savourless savorless flat flavourless bland

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking taste or flavor or tang “a bland diet”
adjective	lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest “a vapid conversation”

Word Forms

blandness	noun	lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
flatness	noun	a deficiency in flavor
flavorlessness	noun	the property of having no flavor
flavourlessness	noun	the property of having no flavor
insipidness	noun	lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
insipidity	noun	lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
savorlessness	noun	the property of having no flavor
savourlessness	noun	the property of having no flavor
vapidness	noun	the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
vapidity	noun	the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dumm

es mangelt an Geschmack, Aroma oder Würze

🇫🇷French

insipide

manque de goût, de saveur ou de piquant

🇪🇸Spanish

insípido

sin sabor o sabor o sabor

🇮🇹Italian

insulso

privo di gusto, sapore o sapore

🇳🇱Dutch

saai

zonder smaak, geur of smaak

🇵🇹Portuguese

insípido

sem sabor ou sabor ou sabor picante

🇷🇺Russian

банальный

отсутствие вкуса, аромата или запаха

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नीरस

स्वाद या फ्लेवर या तीखेपन की कमी

🇧🇩Bengali

অস্পষ্ট

অভাব স্বাদ বা গন্ধ বা ট্যাং

🇮🇳Tamil

வெற்று

சுவை அல்லது சுவை அல்லது டேங் இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

వాపిడ్

రుచి లేదా రుచి లేదా టాంగ్ లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

अस्पष्ट

चव किंवा चव किंवा टँग नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસ્પષ્ટ

સ્વાદ અથવા સ્વાદ અથવા ટેંગનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ

ರುಚಿ ಅಥವಾ ಸುವಾಸನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಟ್ಯಾಂಗ್ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശൂന്യമായ

രുചിയോ സ്വാദോ ടാങ്ങോ ഇല്ല

🇵🇰Urdu

بیکار

ذائقہ یا ذائقہ یا تانگ کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乏味的

缺乏味道或味道或味道

🇯🇵Japanese

くだらない

味や風味や酸味が欠けている

🇰🇷Korean

맛없는

맛이나 풍미 또는 톡 쏘는 맛이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhạt nhẽo

thiếu hương vị hoặc hương vị hoặc tang

🇹🇭Thai

ไร้สาระ

ขาดรสหรือรสหรือรส

🇮🇩Indonesian

hambar

kurang rasa atau aroma atau bau

🇵🇭Filipino

walang laman

kulang sa lasa o lasa o tang

🇲🇾Malay

hampa

kurang rasa atau rasa atau tang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بايخ

تفتقر إلى الذوق أو النكهة أو تانغ

🇮🇷Persian

پوچ

فاقد طعم یا طعم یا مزه

🇹🇷Turkish

yavan

tat veya lezzet veya keskinlik eksikliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

תָפֵל

חסר טעם או טעם או טאנג

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