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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, unoriginal |
| Synonyms: | bromidic, commonplace, corny*, everyday, heavy-handed, humdrum, indifferent, old hat, ordinary, phoned in, ponderous, prosaic, stale, sterile, stock, uncreative, unexciting, unimaginative, unimpressed, uninspiring, uninteresting, uninventive, unmoved, yawn |
| Antonyms: | creative, inspired, original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drab |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, colorless |
| Synonyms: | arid, blah*, bleak, boring, brown, characterless, cheerless, desolate, dingy, dismal, dreary, dry, dull as dishwater, faded, flat, gloomy, gray, grungy, lackluster, lusterless, muddy, murky, run-down, same, shabby, somber, subfuse, unchanging, uninspired, vapid, zero* |
| Antonyms: | bright, colorful, inspired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lackluster |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, lifeless |
| Synonyms: | blah*, blind, boring, colorless, dark, dead, dim, drab, draggy, dry, flat*, ho-hum, laid-back*, leaden, lusterless, matte, muted, nothing*, obscure, pabulum, prosaic, sombre, unimaginative, uninspired, vanilla, vapid, zero* |
| Antonyms: | bright, enthusiastic, lively, shining, shiny, spirited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mediocre |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average, commonplace |
| Synonyms: | characterless, colorless, common, conventional, decent, dull, fair, fair to middling, fairish, humdrum*, indifferent, inferior, insignificant, intermediate, mainstream, mean, medium, middling, moderate, no great shakes, of poor quality, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, vanilla |
| Antonyms: | exceptional, extraordinary, inferior, superior, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average; not distinctive |
| Synonyms: | characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden variety, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, no great shakes, normal, pedestrian, plain, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, simple, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, unremarkable, usual, vanilla, white-bread, workaday |
| Antonyms: | different, distinctive, remarkable, special |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pallid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale |
| Synonyms: | anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, dull, faded, feeble, ghastly, gray, lackluster, lifeless, pasty, sallow, sickly, spiritless, uninspired, wan, weak, whitish |
| Main Entry: | pedestrian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | everyday, dull |
| Synonyms: | banal, banausic, blah*, boring, commonplace, dim, dreary, flat, humdrum*, inane, jejune, mediocre, monotone, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, platitudinous, plodding, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, stodgy, truistic, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | different, exceptional, extraordinary, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stodgy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, stuffy |
| Synonyms: | banausic, boring, dim, dreary, formal, heavy, labored, monotonous, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, ponderous, staid, tedious, turgid, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, weighty |
| Antonyms: | adventurous, exciting, ready, willing |
| Main Entry: | tasteless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without flavor |
| Synonyms: | big zero, blah*, bland, boring, distasteful, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, mild, nowhere, pabulum, plain, plain vanilla, savorless, stale, tame, thin, unappetizing, uninspired, uninteresting, unpalatable, unpleasurable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla, vapid, watered-down, watery, weak, without spice, zero* |
| Antonyms: | appetizing, flavorful, savory, tasty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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