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Definition of Insipid
1. Adjective. Lacking taste or flavor or tang. "Vapid tea"
Similar to: Tasteless
Derivative terms: Blandness, Flatness, Flavorlessness, Flavourlessness, Insipidity, Insipidness, Savorlessness, Savourlessness
2. Adjective. Lacking interest or significance or impact. "Jejune novel"
Definition of Insipid
1. a. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.
Definition of Insipid
1. Adjective. Unappetizingly flavorless. ¹
2. Adjective. Flat; lacking character or definition. ¹
3. Adjective. Cloyingly sweet or sentimental. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insipid
1. dull and uninteresting [adj]
Medical Definition of Insipid
1. 1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food. 2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition. "Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him." (South) "But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid." (Dryden) Synonym: Tasteless, vapid, dull, spiritless, unanimated, lifeless, flat, stale, pointless, uninteresting. Origin: L. Insipidus; pref. In- not + sapidus savory, fr. Sapere to taste: cf. F. Insipide. See Savor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)