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
- 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
- abhorrent
- abominable
- afflictive
- big zero
- bitter
- blah
- bland
- boring
- detestable
- disagreeable
- dislikable
- displeasing
- distasteful
- dull
- flat
- flavorless
- galling
- grievous
- grody
- gross
- hateful
- icky
- indigestible
- inedible
- innocuous
- insipid
- jejune
- loathsome
- mild
- namby-pamby
- nasty
- nauseous
- nowhere
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- odious
- offensive
- pabulum
- painful
- plain
- plain vanilla
- repellent
- repugnant
- savorless
- stale
- stinky
- tame
- tasteless
- thin
- unappealing
- unappetizing
- unattractive
- undesirable
- uneatable
- uninspired
- uninteresting
- uninviting
- unlikable
- unpalatable
- unpleasant
- unpleasurable
- unsavory
- unseasoned
- vanilla
- vapid
- washy
- watered-down
- waterish
- watery
- weak
- without spice
- yicky
- yucky
- zero
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