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Antonyms for savorless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sey-ver
Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪ vər



Definition of savorless

Origin :
  • mid-13c., from Old French savor "flavor, taste; sauce, seasoning; delight, pleasure," from Latin saporem (nominative sapor) "taste, flavor," related to sapere "to have a flavor" (see sapient).
  • As in insipid : adj tasteless
  • As in tasteless : adj without flavor
  • As in unappetizing : adj distasteful
  • As in unpalatable : adj unsavory
  • As in washy : adj insipid
  • As in waterish : adj insipid
  • As in distasteful : adj repulsive, unpleasant
Example sentences :
  • Talent, tried and proved and acclaimed, is too strong for us; we continue its savorless round, against all our inward protest.
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
  • Organized charity is a sapid and savorless thing; its place among moral agencies is no higher than that of root beer.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays » by Ambrose Bierce
  • He saw that the mere sale of drawings would be a savorless success, if it bereft him of this plain-speaking but just friend.
  • Extract from : « Ewing\'s Lady » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • For the time being life was savorless, and ambition had gone out like a snuffed candle.
  • Extract from : « Anne Of The Island » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Mr. Royce knew a few of them, too, and introduced me to them, but I found their talk somehow flat and savorless.
  • Extract from : « The Holladay Case » by Burton E. Stevenson
  • There was not a laugh left in all the sad world that had abruptly grown old, and savorless.
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • When mutton is two years old, the meat is flabby, pale and savorless.
  • Extract from : « The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) » by Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Synonyms for savorless

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