Word Meanings - BLANDNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state or quality of being bland.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BLANDNESS)

• Amenity
• Pleasantness
• mildness
• blandness
• graciousness
• gentility
• compliableness
• courtesy
• obligingness
• Comity
• Urbanity
• pleasantness
• affability

Related words: (words related to BLANDNESS)

• BLANDNESS
  The state or quality of being bland.
• MILDNESS
  The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.
• PLEASANTNESS
  The state or quality of being pleasant.
• GENTILITY
  belong to the same clan, also, heathenism: cf. F. gentilité 1. Good extraction; dignity of birth. Macaulay. He . . . mines my gentility with my education. Shak. 2. The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect,
• AMENITY
  The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness. A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle. This climate has not seduced by its amenities.
• URBANITY
  1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving. 2. Polite wit; facetiousness. Dryden. Raillery in the sauce
• COMITY
  Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States. Comity of nations , the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts,
• AFFABILITY
  The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior. Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love. Elyot
• COURTESY
  corteisie, courtesie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, OF. curteisie, 1. Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness. And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts
• GRACIOUSNESS
  Quality of being gracious.
• DISCOURTESY
  Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.
• INCOMITY
  Want of comity; incivility; rudeness.
• INURBANITY
  Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness. Bp. Hall.
• INAFFABILITY
  Want of affability or sociability; reticence.