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blandiose

blandiose adjective: simultaneously dull and overblown; striving to be impressive, but turning out bland or unoriginal.

Adjective

blandiose (comparative more blandiose, superlative most blandiose)

  1. Simultaneously dull and overblown; striving to be impressive, but turning out bland or unoriginal.
    • The opening act, Restless Heart, presented a 45-minute set of synthesizer-glossed corn-pop that managed to be schlocky, grandstanding and dull all at once. The five-piece band drew appreciative whoops despite a lackluster performance made up mostly of blandiose romantic ballads in the tradition of...1989 September 9, Marty Hughley, “Judds give stellar performance”, in The Oregonian

Forms of blandiose

comparativemore blandiose
superlativemost blandiose

Origin of blandiose

Blend of bland + grandiose.

Questions about blandiose

What does blandiose mean?
Blandiose means simultaneously dull and overblown; striving to be impressive, but turning out bland or unoriginal.
What part of speech is blandiose?
Blandiose is an adjective.

Words near blandiose in the dictionary

  1. Blanding's turtles
  2. Blandings
  3. Blandino
  4. Blandinos
  5. Blandins
  6. blandiose
  7. blandish
  8. blandished
  9. blandisher
  10. blandishers
  11. blandishes

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