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blandnesses

blandnesses is the plural of blandness.

Meaning of blandness

Noun

blandness (countable and uncountable, plural blandnesses)

  1. (obsolete) Mildness, gentleness.
    • These temporary apprehensions, so vague but so awful, derived a wondrous potency from the contrasting serenity of the weather, in which, beneath all its blue blandness, some thought there lurked a devilish charm, as for days and days we voyaged along, through seas so wearily, lonesomely mild, that...1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
  2. Lack of taste or flavor.
    Synonyms:
    flavorlessness
  3. Lack of interest or appeal.
    • But generally, these summits have been real snoozers, producing statements of such vague blandness that they make G-20 resolutions read like Harry Potter page-turners.2011 April 14, Michael Schuman, “Do the BRICS believe in free markets?”, in Time, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2025

Questions about blandnesses

What is blandnesses the plural of?
Blandnesses is the plural of blandness.

Words near blandnesses in the dictionary

  1. blandishments
  2. blandly
  3. blandmobile
  4. blandmobiles
  5. blandness
  6. blandnesses
  7. Blando
  8. blandoid
  9. blandoids
  10. Blandon
  11. Blandons

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