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- [vap-id]
- /ˈvæp ɪd/
- /ˈvæp.ɪd/
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- [vap-id]
- /ˈvæp ɪd/
Definitions of vapid word
- adjective vapid lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea. 1
- adjective vapid without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation. 1
- adjective vapid bland 1
- adjective vapid If you describe someone or something as vapid, you are critical of them because they are dull and uninteresting. 0
- adjective vapid bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat 0
- adjective vapid boring or dull; lifeless 0
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Origin of vapid
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < Latin vapidus; akin to vapor
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Parts of speech for Vapid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vapid popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vapid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vapid
adj vapid
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- arid — Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- bland — If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
adjective vapid
- anaesthetised — anesthetize.
- anaesthetized — anesthetize.
- colourless — Something that is colourless has no colour at all.
- driveling — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- drivelling — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
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