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vapid

  • 1 שְׁרִיחֲיתָא f. (cmp. סָרַח III) vapid, senseless. Targ. Hos. 7:11 (ed. Lag. שחירתא, v. שְׁחַר IV; h. text פותה).

    שַׁרְיֵי, בֵּית(הַ)שַּׁ׳, בֵּי שַׁ׳ pr. n. pl. Beth Sharye, Be Sharye, a valley in which Beth Shean was situated. Gen. R. s. 98 רובצת תחת … בבית הש׳ ‘lying deep (Gen. 49:25), that is Beth Shean in Beth ha-Sharye. Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Y.Keth.XII, 35a ואחתוניה בי ש׳ and they carried him down (for burial) to Be Sh. Y.M. Kat. III, 82c top הרי שמוליכין … דקברין בבית ש׳ if they carry the body from place to place, as for instance those who bury their dead in Beth Sh.

    Jewish literature > שְׁרִיחֲיתָא f. (cmp. סָרַח III) vapid, senseless. Targ. Hos. 7:11 (ed. Lag. שחירתא, v. שְׁחַר IV; h. text פותה).

  • 2 insosso

    Dicionário português (brasileiro)-Inglês > insosso

  • 3 უგემოვნებო

    vapid

    Georgian-English new dictionary > უგემოვნებო

  • 4 nakasingaw

    vapid

    Tagalog-English dictionary > nakasingaw

  • 5 αηδής

    vapid

    Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > αηδής

  • 6 σαχλός

    vapid

    Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > σαχλός

  • 7 bez ukusa

    * * *
    • savourless
    • vapid
    • stale
    • tacky
    • bland

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > bez ukusa

  • 8 neslan

    * * *
    • vapid

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > neslan

  • 9 малосодержательный

    vapid; containing little of interest; lacking substance
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    vapid; containing little of interest

    Новый русско-английский словарь > малосодержательный

  • 10 малосодержательный

    Синонимический ряд:
    бессодержательно (проч.) бессодержательно

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > малосодержательный

  • 11 безвкусен

    1. (за храна) tasteless, unsavoury, insipid, flat, savourless
    2. прен. tasteless, in bad taste, dull, watery
    (за облекло-очебиен) flashy, tawdry, meretricious; tinsel
    (за приказки, писания) vapid, namby-pamby
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    безвку̀сен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. (за храна) tasteless, unsavoury, insipid, flat, savourless, flavourless, insipid, bland; ( блудкав) vapid;
    2. прен. tasteless, in bad taste, dull, watery; ( кичозен) flashy, tawdry, meretricious; tinsel; tacky; (за приказки, писания) vapid, namby-pamby.
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    flavourless; namby-pamby{`nimbi`pEmbi}; savourless; tasteless: безвкусен food - безвкусна храна; tawdry; watery (прен.)
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    1. (блудкав) vapid 2. (за облекло - очебиен) flashy, tawdry, meretricious;tinsel 3. (за приказки, писания) vapid, namby-pamby 4. (за храна) tasteless, unsavoury, insipid, flat, savourless 5. прен. tasteless, in bad taste, dull, watery

    Български-английски речник > безвкусен

  • 12 банален

    banal, commonplace, hackneyed, trite; ordinary, platitudinous
    (за довод, спор) threadbare
    ам. sl. bromidic, bald
    банален разговор small talk
    банални изрази outworn quotation s, trite phrases
    банален човек sl. bromide
    ставаш банален you repeat yourself, you're getting tiresome
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    бана̀лен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни banal, commonplace, hackneyed, stereotyped; trite, vapid; ordinary, platitudinous; run-of-the-mill; copy-book (attr.); common or garden; амер. cornball, corny; (за довод, спор) threadbare; (за разговор) vapid, humdrum; амер. sl. bromidic, bald; (за отговор) pat, stock; \баналенен разговор small talk; \баналенен човек sl. bromide; \баналенни изрази outworn quotations, trite phrases; ставаш \баналенен you repeat yourself, you’re getting tiresome.
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    bald; banal: банален remarks - банални забележки; commonplace; humdrum{`hXmdrXm}; pedestrian; platitudinous; trivial{`trivixl}; unoriginal; vapid{vEpid}
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    1. (за довод, спор) threadbare 2. (за разговор) vapid 3. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, trite;ordinary, platitudinous 4. БАНАЛЕН разговор small talk 5. БАНАЛЕН човек sl. bromide 6. ам. sl. bromidic, bald 7. банални изрази outworn quotation s, trite phrases 8. ставаш БАНАЛЕН you repeat yourself, you're getting tiresome

    Български-английски речник > банален

  • 13 סרח III

    סָרַחIII (v. precd.; cmp. רִיחַ) to evaporate, be decomposed; to decay; to smell badly.Part. pass. סָרוּחַ; f. סְרוּחָה; pl. סְרוּחִים, סְרוּחִין, סְרוּחוֹת. Ter. III, 1; a. fr.Trnsf. a) (cmp. חָמַץ) to sin, offend. Snh.71b; Keth.45a סָרְחָה ולבסוף בגרה if she sinned (had intercourse) and afterwards became of age. Num. R. s. 13 אם אינה סוֹרַחַת … ואם סורחת מלקה (not סוחרת) is she (the ass whom he rides) is not mischievous, he does not strike her, but if she is, he strikes her; Yalk. Lev. 554; Yalk. Prov. 959. 1b. שאם יִסְרַח יהאוכ׳ to chastise him with them in case he should offend. Yoma 75a הוא ס׳ עלי he (my husband) acted offensively towards me; היא סרחהוכ׳ she acted offensively Ib. 77a סרחה אומתך thy people has degenerated. Midr. Till. to Ps. 6 סרחה עליו מדינתו one of his provinces rebelled against him. Ex. R. s. 43 סָרַהְתָּ כל הסרחון הזהוכ׳ thou hast done all that mischief, and thou criest? Ib. s. 42 לא היה לכם לִסְרוֹחַוכ׳ you ought not to have sinned either on the second or the third day, but must you sin on the very first day?; a. fr.b) to become senseless (cmp. טַעַם); to be stupid. Sot.IX, 15 (49b) וחכמות סופרים תִּסְרַח (or תִּסָּרֵחַ Nif.) and the wisdom of the scholars shall become vapid (v. Jer. 49:7); Snh.97a; Cant. R. to II, 13; Yalk. Am. 549.Part. pass. as ab. Cant. R. to IV, 8 דיעה ס׳וכ׳ that senseless fool, v. דֵּעָה. Num. R. s. 20; Tanḥ. Bal. 9 (ref. to the peculiar expression in Num. 22:29) אע״פ לשונו ס׳ … even when speaking the sacred tongue, the gentiles speech is tasteless (or obscene). Nif. נִסְרַח to become vapid, be stupid. Ḥag.5b (ref. to Jer. l. c.) כיון שאבדה … נִסְרַחַתוכ׳ when counsel was gone from the children (of Israel), the wisdom of the nations became vapid. Hif. הִסְרִיחַ 1) to make offensive. Sabb.62b (ref. to סרחים, Am. 6:4) מַסְרִיחִיןוכ׳ make their beds offensive with effusion ; Kidd.71b. Tanḥ. Vaëra 14 הִסְרִיחוּ מצרים they made Egypt stink; a. e. 2) to become vapid, putrid; to smell badly. Cant. R. to II, 13 היין יַסְרִיחַ the wine will become vapid (Sot. l. c., a. e. היין ביוקר). Gen. R. s. 34 הוא מַסְרִיחַ it becomes putrid; ואינה מַסְרַחַת without decaying. Tanḥ. l. c. ויַסְרִיחוּ במצרים and spread stench in Egypt. Yalk. Ex. 391 חלבנה … מסרחת galbanum gives only an offensive smell; a. fr.

    Jewish literature > סרח III

  • 14 סָרַח

    סָרַחIII (v. precd.; cmp. רִיחַ) to evaporate, be decomposed; to decay; to smell badly.Part. pass. סָרוּחַ; f. סְרוּחָה; pl. סְרוּחִים, סְרוּחִין, סְרוּחוֹת. Ter. III, 1; a. fr.Trnsf. a) (cmp. חָמַץ) to sin, offend. Snh.71b; Keth.45a סָרְחָה ולבסוף בגרה if she sinned (had intercourse) and afterwards became of age. Num. R. s. 13 אם אינה סוֹרַחַת … ואם סורחת מלקה (not סוחרת) is she (the ass whom he rides) is not mischievous, he does not strike her, but if she is, he strikes her; Yalk. Lev. 554; Yalk. Prov. 959. 1b. שאם יִסְרַח יהאוכ׳ to chastise him with them in case he should offend. Yoma 75a הוא ס׳ עלי he (my husband) acted offensively towards me; היא סרחהוכ׳ she acted offensively Ib. 77a סרחה אומתך thy people has degenerated. Midr. Till. to Ps. 6 סרחה עליו מדינתו one of his provinces rebelled against him. Ex. R. s. 43 סָרַהְתָּ כל הסרחון הזהוכ׳ thou hast done all that mischief, and thou criest? Ib. s. 42 לא היה לכם לִסְרוֹחַוכ׳ you ought not to have sinned either on the second or the third day, but must you sin on the very first day?; a. fr.b) to become senseless (cmp. טַעַם); to be stupid. Sot.IX, 15 (49b) וחכמות סופרים תִּסְרַח (or תִּסָּרֵחַ Nif.) and the wisdom of the scholars shall become vapid (v. Jer. 49:7); Snh.97a; Cant. R. to II, 13; Yalk. Am. 549.Part. pass. as ab. Cant. R. to IV, 8 דיעה ס׳וכ׳ that senseless fool, v. דֵּעָה. Num. R. s. 20; Tanḥ. Bal. 9 (ref. to the peculiar expression in Num. 22:29) אע״פ לשונו ס׳ … even when speaking the sacred tongue, the gentiles speech is tasteless (or obscene). Nif. נִסְרַח to become vapid, be stupid. Ḥag.5b (ref. to Jer. l. c.) כיון שאבדה … נִסְרַחַתוכ׳ when counsel was gone from the children (of Israel), the wisdom of the nations became vapid. Hif. הִסְרִיחַ 1) to make offensive. Sabb.62b (ref. to סרחים, Am. 6:4) מַסְרִיחִיןוכ׳ make their beds offensive with effusion ; Kidd.71b. Tanḥ. Vaëra 14 הִסְרִיחוּ מצרים they made Egypt stink; a. e. 2) to become vapid, putrid; to smell badly. Cant. R. to II, 13 היין יַסְרִיחַ the wine will become vapid (Sot. l. c., a. e. היין ביוקר). Gen. R. s. 34 הוא מַסְרִיחַ it becomes putrid; ואינה מַסְרַחַת without decaying. Tanḥ. l. c. ויַסְרִיחוּ במצרים and spread stench in Egypt. Yalk. Ex. 391 חלבנה … מסרחת galbanum gives only an offensive smell; a. fr.

    Jewish literature > סָרַח

  • 15 insulso

    adj.
    1 dull, unentertaining, boring, uninteresting.
    2 tasteless, bland, dull, insipid.
    * * *
    1 (comida) insipid, tasteless
    2 (persona) dull
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [comida] tasteless, insipid
    2) [charla, persona] dull
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> insipid, tasteless, bland
    b) < persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull
    * * *
    = listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
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    * de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> insipid, tasteless, bland
    b) < persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull
    * * *
    = listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.

    * * *
    insulso -sa
    1 ‹comida› insipid, tasteless, bland
    2 ‹persona› insipid, dull; ‹conversación/libro› dull
    * * *

    insulso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    b) ‹ persona› insipid, dull;

    ‹conversación/libro› dull
    insulso,-a adjetivo insipid: es una persona muy insulsa, he's a very dull person
    ' insulso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insulsa
    English:
    insipid
    - tame
    - uninspired
    - bland
    - nondescript
    - unexciting
    * * *
    insulso, -a adj
    1. [comida] bland, insipid
    2. [persona, libro] insipid, dull
    * * *
    adj bland, insipid
    * * *
    insulso, -sa adj
    1) insípido: insipid, bland
    2) : dull

    Spanish-English dictionary > insulso

  • 16 insípido

    adj.
    insipid, bland, dull, flat.
    * * *
    1 (comida) tasteless, insipid
    2 figurado insipid
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    (f. - insípida)
    adj.
    bland, insipid
    * * *
    ADJ [comida] insipid, tasteless; [espectáculo, persona] dull, tedious
    * * *
    - da adjetivo insipid, bland
    * * *
    = dull, wishy-washy, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, tasteless, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid.
    Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
    Ex. This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.
    Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex. Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, and tasteless gas and is the product of the incomplete combustion of carbon-containing compounds.
    Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
    Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
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    * sabor insípido = off-flavour.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo insipid, bland
    * * *
    = dull, wishy-washy, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, tasteless, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid.

    Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

    Ex: This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.
    Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex: Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, and tasteless gas and is the product of the incomplete combustion of carbon-containing compounds.
    Ex: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
    Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    * sabor insípido = off-flavour.

    * * *
    ‹comida› insipid, bland; ‹persona/obra› bland, insipid
    * * *

    insípido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    insipid, bland
    insípido,-a adjetivo
    1 (soso) insipid, bland
    2 (aburrido) dull

    ' insípido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insípida
    English:
    flat
    - flavorless
    - flavourless
    - insipid
    - tasteless
    - bland
    - tame
    * * *
    insípido, -a adj
    1. [comida] insipid, tasteless
    2. [película, fiesta] insipid, dull
    * * *
    adj insipid
    * * *
    insípido, -da adj
    : insipid, bland

    Spanish-English dictionary > insípido

  • 17 sin interés

    adj.
    uninterested, dull, unexciting.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid
    Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex. There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
    Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid

    Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.

    Ex: There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
    Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin interés

  • 18 soso

    adj.
    1 boring, dull, soggy, spiritless.
    2 tasteless, dull, flat, flavorless.
    3 drab, dull.
    m.
    bore, boring person.
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    1 (insípido) tasteless; (sin sal) unsalted
    2 figurado dull, insipid
    * * *
    (f. - sosa)
    adj.
    1) flavorless, saltless
    2) dull
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Culin) (=insípido) tasteless, insipid; (=sin sal) unsalted
    2) (=aburrido, inexpresivo) dull, uninteresting
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> ( sin sabor) bland, tasteless

    está soso — ( sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless; ( sin sal) it needs more salt

    b) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab
    * * *
    = dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.
    Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
    Ex. This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.
    Ex. Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.
    Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex. He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.
    Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
    Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.
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    * sosa cáustica = caustic soda.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> ( sin sabor) bland, tasteless

    está soso — ( sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless; ( sin sal) it needs more salt

    b) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab
    * * *
    = dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.

    Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

    Ex: This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.
    Ex: Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.
    Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex: He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.
    Ex: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
    Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.
    * sosa cáustica = caustic soda.

    * * *
    soso -sa
    1 ‹comida/sopa› (falto de sabor) bland, tasteless
    está soso (sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless, it doesn't have much taste o flavor to it; (sin sal) it needs more salt, it doesn't have enough salt in it
    2 ‹persona/película› boring, dull
    3 ‹estilo› flat, drab
    * * *

    soso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    ◊ está soso ( sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless;


    ( sin sal) it needs more salt
    b) ‹persona/película› boring, dull;

    ‹ estilo› flat, drab
    soso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin sal) lacking in salt
    (sin sabor) flavourless, tasteless
    la comida está sosa, the food is tasteless
    2 fig (sin gracia) bland, insipid, dull
    es una mujer muy sosa, she's a bore
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino bore: los dos son unos sosos, both of them are dull and boring
    ' soso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anodina
    - anodino
    - insípida
    - insípido
    - sopa
    - sosa
    English:
    bland
    - colourless
    - drip
    - flair
    - flat
    - flavorless
    - flavourless
    - insipid
    - nondescript
    - wishy-washy
    - drab
    - so
    - tasteless
    * * *
    soso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [insípido] bland, tasteless;
    esta sopa está sosa this soup needs more salt;
    el guiso ha quedado muy soso the stew hasn't got much flavour
    2. [sin gracia] dull, insipid
    ♦ nm,f
    dull person, bore
    * * *
    I adj tasteless, insipid; fig
    dull
    II m, sosa f stick-in-the-mud fam
    * * *
    soso, -sa adj
    1) insípido: bland, flavorless
    2) aburrido: dull, boring
    * * *
    soso adj
    1. (sin gusto) bland / tasteless
    2. dull / boring

    Spanish-English dictionary > soso

  • 19 безсъдържателен

    empty of matter, without substance; meagre; sterile; vain, vacuous
    (безинтересен) dull, vapid, jejune, разг, milk and water
    той е един напълно безсъдържателен човек he has absolutely nothing in him
    * * *
    безсъдържа̀телен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни empty (of matter), without substance; unmeaning; meagre; sterile; vain, vacuous; ( безинтересен) dull, vapid, jejune, разг. milk and water; frothy; той е напълно \безсъдържателенен човек he has absolutely nothing in him.
    * * *
    empty; meagre{`mi;gx}; milk- and- water; superficial (прен.); vain{vein}; vapid; watery (прен.)
    * * *
    1. (безинтересен) dull, vapid, jejune, разг, milk and water 2. empty of matter, without substance;meagre;sterile;vain, vacuous 3. това е безсъдържателна пиеса there's nothing to this play 4. той е един напълно БЕЗСЪДЪРЖАТЕЛЕН човек he has absolutely nothing in him

    Български-английски речник > безсъдържателен

  • 20 mièvre

    mièvre [mjεvʀ]
    adjective
    [paroles, musique, roman, sourire] soppy ; [tableau] pretty-pretty (inf)
    * * *
    mjɛvʀ
    adjectif [personne, remarque] vapid; [sourire] sickly; [roman, musique] soppy
    * * *
    mjɛvʀ adj
    soppy, sickly sentimental
    * * *
    mièvre adj [personne, charme, remarque] vapid; [sourire] sickly; [roman, tableau, musique] soppy.
    [mjɛvr] adjectif
    1. [fade] insipid, vapid, bland
    [sentimental] mawkish, syrupy
    2. [maniéré] mawkish, precious
    3. [joli sans vrai talent - dessin] pretty-pretty, flowery

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > mièvre

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