Antonyms for insipid
ɪnˈsɪp ɪdin·sipid

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1. insipidadjective

   Synonyms:
   boring, dull, vacuous, juvenile, tasteless, corny, colorless, characterless, vapid, fatuous, bland, colourless

2. insipidadjective

   Unappetizingly flavorless.

   The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.

   Synonyms:
   dull, fatuous, boring, vapid, corny, characterless, juvenile, bland, tasteless, vacuous, colorless, colourless

3. insipidadjective

   Flat; lacking character or definition.

   The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.

   Synonyms:
   colourless, dull, corny, juvenile, fatuous, characterless, vapid, bland, colorless, boring, tasteless, vacuous

4. insipidadjective

   Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.

   Greeting cards contain some of the the most insipid words ever written.

   Synonyms:
   vapid, tasteless, corny, characterless, colourless, juvenile, vacuous, bland, colorless, dull, boring, fatuous

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insipid

   Antonyms:
   flavorous, forcible, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, rich, spicy, spirited

   Synonyms:
   cold, dull, flat, flavorless, prosy, stale, stupid, tasteless, vapid

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1. insipid

   Antonyms:
   tasty, sapid, relishing, racy, interesting, engaging

   Synonyms:
   tasteless, vapid, uninteresting, characterless, flavorless, flat, insulse, lifeless, prosy, stupid

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapidadjective

   lacking taste or flavor or tang

   "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

   Antonyms:
   tasty, interesting

   Synonyms:
   plane, smooth, two-dimensional, flavorless, categoric, matt, savourless, jejune, level, monotonic, compressed, unconditional, matted, suave, vapid, categorical, monotonous, prostrate, matte, monotone, savorless, flat, bland, mat, flavourless, politic

2. insipid, jejuneadjective

   lacking interest or significance or impact

   "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"

   Antonyms:
   interesting, tasty

   Synonyms:
   bland, insubstantial, savourless, flat, flavorless, savorless, juvenile, flavourless, vapid, jejune, puerile, adolescent

How to use insipid in a sentence?

1. Chris Williamson:

   The overall pace of expansion remains insipid rather than impressive. This is perhaps not surprising given the heightened degree of uncertainty surrounding the Greek debt talks that was seen during the month.

2. Anita Loos:

   Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free.

3. William James:

   A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He breaks his engagements, leaves his letters unanswered, neglects his family duties incorrigibly, because he is powerless to turn his attention down and back from those more interesting trains of imagery with which his genius constantly occupies his mind.

4. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

5. Ambrose Bierce:

   once a man has tasted strong drink, he finds wine insipid

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