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[ vap-id ] / ˈvæp ɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR vapid ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea. without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation. Origin of vapid1650–60; from Latin vapidus; akin to vapor SYNONYMS FOR vapid1 lifeless, flavorless. 2 spiritless, unanimated, tiresome, prosaic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR vapid ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR vapid1 pungent. 2 stimulating. SEE ANTONYMS FOR vapid ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM vapidva·pid·i·ty, vap·id·ness, nounvap·id·ly, adverbWords nearby vapidVan Zeeland, Vanzetti, vape, vape pen, Vaphio, vapid, vapor, vapor barrier, vaporescence, vaporetto, vaporific Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vapidBy now, you would think that journalists should have tired of giving their vapid ideas yet another platform. Here's How to Dig Out of This 'Stupid Sh*t' U.S. Foreign Policy|Leslie H. Gelb|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST She is too vapid and immature (and untalented) to pull off something really seductive. Miley Cyrus: The Nadir of American Civilization?|Tunku Varadarajan|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Grand language wrapped around a thin message produces only vapid blather. Why Inaugural Speeches Fail|David Frum|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST You pretty much can't get a better absurdist parody of politicians' vapid sure-is-nice-to-be-here patter than that. Mitt's Sense of Humor, Ctd.|Justin Green|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This had, she noted correctly, transformed those hearings into “a vapid and hollow charade.” Attack Kagan Already!|Paul Campos|June 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST Still less did I think that he would take even the faintest interest in such a vapid creature. Our Elizabeth|Florence A. Kilpatrick The dear-bought knowledge of her youth enables her to read the vapid men and women around her. The Little Lady of Lagunitas|Richard Henry Savage How poor, how vapid, and how meagre is the effort to recall the wit that set the table in a roar! Jack Hinton|Charles James Lever On going back to the sacristy the Reverend Golightly congratulated him with a simper and a vapid smile. Scarcely more did they interest her than her vapid adventure with Ahab Wright. In the Heart of a Fool|William Allen White
British Dictionary definitions for vapid
adjectivebereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat boring or dull; lifelessvapid talk Derived forms of vapidvapidity, nounvapidly, adverbvapidness, nounWord Origin for vapidC17: from Latin vapidus; related to vappa tasteless or flat wine, and perhaps to vapor warmth Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to vapidtedious, innocuous, insipid, boring, stale, uninspiring, bland, colorless, dead, flavorless, inane, jejune, least, lifeless, limp, nothing, tame, tasteless, tiresome, unimaginative |