English-Thai Dictionary

vapid

ADJ จืดชืด  ไม่มีชีวิตชีวา  ไม่มี รสชาติ  dull flat insipid bright jued-chued

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VAPID

a.[L. vapidus. The radical verb is not in the Latin, but the sense must be to pass or fly off, to escape; or to strike down. L. vapulo. It is probably allied to vapor. ] 1. Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; flat; as vapid beer; a vapid state of the blood.
2. Dull; unaminated.

 

VAPIDNESS

n. 1. The state of having lost its life or spirit; deadness; flatness; as the vapidness of ale or cider.
2. Dullness; want of life or spirit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VAPID

Vap "id, a. Etym: [L. vapidus having lost its lire and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See Vapor. ]

 

Defn: Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood. A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. Burke. -- Vap "id *ly, adv. -- Vap "id *ness, n.

 

VAPIDITY

VAPIDITY Va *pid "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vapid

vap id |ˈvapid ˈvæpəd | ▶adjective offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging: tuneful but vapid musical comedies. DERIVATIVES va pid i ty |vaˈpidətē |noun, vap id ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (used originally in description of drinks as ‘lacking in flavor ’): from Latin vapidus.

 

Oxford Dictionary

vapid

vapid |ˈvapɪd | ▶adjective offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland: tuneful but vapid musical comedies. DERIVATIVES vapidity |vaˈpɪdɪti |noun, vapidly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (used originally in description of drinks as ‘lacking in flavour ’): from Latin vapidus.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

vapid

vapid adjective a tuneful but vapid musical comedy: insipid, uninspired, colorless, uninteresting, feeble, flat, dull, boring, tedious, tired, unexciting, uninspiring, unimaginative, lifeless, tame, vacuous, bland, trite, jejune. ANTONYMS lively, colorful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vapid

vapid adjective tuneful but vapid musical comedies: insipid, uninspired, colourless, uninteresting, feeble, flat, dead, dull, boring, tedious, tired, unexciting, uninspiring, unimaginative, lifeless, zestless, spiritless, sterile, anaemic, tame, bloodless, jejune, vacuous, bland, stale, trite, pallid, wishy-washy, watery, tasteless, milk-and-water, flavourless. ANTONYMS lively, colourful, exciting.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vapid

vap id /vǽpɪd /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈飲み物が 〉味のない ; 気の抜けた .2 〈話 人などが 〉生気のない, つまらない, 退屈な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞