Dictionary

vapid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈveɪp.ɪd/ (UK, US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈvæp.ɪd/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kwapōs Latin vapor Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin vapidusbor. English vapid Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).

Meanings

1. Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
   • In Koons' best-known works—a life-sized poly-chromed wood replica of Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles; vapid fin de siècle readymades such as a trio of basketballs floating in a fishtank […] 1995, Steven Daly, Nathaniel Wice, “Koons, Jeff”, in alt.culture, New York: HarperPerennial, →ISBN:
2. Lifeless, dull, or banal.
   • Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless. 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 30:
3. Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

Forms

Deriveds

vapidness · vapidism · vapidly · vapidity

Synonyms

tasteless · pedestrian · wallowish · wooden · soporous · beat · somnific · tedious · ingustible · wan · corny · hypnotic · tame · uninteresting · tranquilizing · lame · heavy going · somniferous · torporific · monotonous · dormitive · monotonous · drowsy · unsavory · drippy · commonplace · mundane · longsome · wearish · prosaic · cardboard · gustless · slumberous · tedious · insipid · colourless · mindless · flaggy · untasteable · snoozeworthy · wearisome · lifeless · stuffy · bland · plain · savorless · stupefacient · tiresome · lackluster · savorless · soporific · soporiferous · drab · banal · plodding · wearish · hypnic · wearing · vanilla · humdrum · dull · intastable · tedious · stupefactive · vapid · basic · static · irksome · straightforward · sapidless · flavorless · somnolent · pedantic · uncool · cold · no fun at parties · stodgy · vapid · dreich · longsome · weaksauce · vapid · soporific · wersh · pedestrian · mawkish · ho-hum · flat · watery · dull as dishwater · languid · waugh · drudgerous · prosy · smackless · flavorless · boring · blah · insipid · bland

Translations (84)

es soso (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · sh bezvezan (lifeless, dull, or banal) · scn dissàpitu (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · fr couillon (lifeless, dull, or banal) · ka უშინაარსო (lifeless, dull, or banal) · cs vyčpělý (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr inintéressant (lifeless, dull, or banal) · ru безвку́сный (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · bg банален (lifeless, dull, or banal) · sv tråkig (lifeless, dull, or banal) · sh neukusan (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · pt insípido (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · ro fad (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · pl beztreściwy (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · fi valju (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · sh bezukusan (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · it insipido (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · cs nevýrazný (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · pt insoso (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr plat (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · fr amorphe (lifeless, dull, or banal) · it insulso (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fo einkisigandi (lifeless, dull, or banal) · bg изтъркан (lifeless, dull, or banal) · es insulso (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · es insulso (lifeless, dull, or banal) · it scialbo (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · fi tympeä (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr fade (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · de fad (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · pt banal (lifeless, dull, or banal) · de schal (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · es soso (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr cucul-la-praline (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr insipide (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · ro plictisitor (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr cucul (lifeless, dull, or banal) · ro nesemnificativ (lifeless, dull, or banal) · sv fadd (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · cs nezáživný (lifeless, dull, or banal) · de geistlos (lifeless, dull, or banal) · ru ску́чный (lifeless, dull, or banal) · pt insosso (lifeless, dull, or banal) · ka მოსაწყენი (lifeless, dull, or banal) · it scipito (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · fr insignifiant (lifeless, dull, or banal) · sh banalan (lifeless, dull, or banal) · ro anost (lifeless, dull, or banal) · de kraftlos (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr niais (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fa لیوه (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · it banale (lifeless, dull, or banal) · pl beztreściowy (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · pl bezbarwny (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr terne (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fi mitäänsanomaton (lifeless, dull, or banal) · it scialbo (lifeless, dull, or banal) · sv andefattig (lifeless, dull, or banal) · cs nezajímavý (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · wa tantaloye (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr mièvre (lifeless, dull, or banal) · cs nezajímavý (lifeless, dull, or banal) · de flach (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fi mielenkiinnoton (lifeless, dull, or banal) · pdt fleiw (lifeless, dull, or banal) · ro banal (lifeless, dull, or banal) · it insignificante (lifeless, dull, or banal) · sh isprazan (lifeless, dull, or banal) · bg безвкусен (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · sh bljutav (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · fr fadasse (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · fr bête (lifeless, dull, or banal) · bg блудкав (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · cs mdlý (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · pdt fleiw (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · io insipida (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · ro insipid (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · cs nemastný neslaný (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · de flach (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · ka უგემოვნო (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · fi mitäänsanomaton (tasteless, bland, or insipid) · sh beznačajan (lifeless, dull, or banal) · fr gourde (lifeless, dull, or banal) · de nichtssagend (lifeless, dull, or banal)