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I'm tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things I enjoy somehow make me a lesser person.
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Meaning of "vapid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VAPID

From Latin vapidus; related to vappa tasteless or flat wine, and perhaps to vapor warmth.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VAPID

vapid  [ˈvæpɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAPID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vapid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VAPID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

vapid

Dan Vapid

Dan Schafer, better known by his stage name Dan Vapid, is a punk rock musician from Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his participation in Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Methadones, and various other punk rock/pop punk bands. His current band is Dan Vapid and the Cheats.

Definition of vapid in the English dictionary

The definition of vapid in the dictionary is bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat. Other definition of vapid is boring or dull; lifeless.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VAPID


bicuspid
baɪˈkʌspɪd
canopied
ˈkænəpɪd
Cupid
ˈkjuːpɪd
cuspid
ˈkʌspɪd
glycolipid
ˌɡlaɪkəʊˈlɪpɪd
insipid
ɪnˈsɪpɪd
intrepid
ɪnˈtrɛpɪd
limpid
ˈlɪmpɪd
lipid
ˈlaɪpɪd
lipide
ˈlaɪpɪd
phospholipid
ˌfɒsfəˈlɪpɪd
photocopied
ˈfəʊtəʊkɒpɪd
rapid
ˈræpɪd
sapid
ˈsæpɪd
stupid
ˈstjuːpɪd
tepid
ˈtɛpɪd
torpid
ˈtɔːpɪd
trepid
ˈtrepɪd
tricuspid
traɪˈkʌspɪd
ultrarapid
ˌʌltrəˈræpɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VAPID

vapidity
vapidly
vapidness
vapor
vapor-like
vaporability
vaporable
vaporer
vaporescence
vaporescent
vaporetti
vaporetto
vaporific
vaporiform
vaporimeter
vaporings
vaporisable
vaporisation
vaporiser

WORDS THAT END LIKE VAPID

acid
aid
android
avoid
bid
David
did
elapid
grid
id
kid
lepid
liquid
Madrid
mid
multicuspid
paid
said
salpid
vespid

Synonyms and antonyms of vapid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VAPID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vapid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vapid

Translation of «vapid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VAPID

Find out the translation of vapid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vapid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vapid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拼着
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vapid
570 millions of speakers

English

vapid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीरस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بايخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бессодержательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insípida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বাদহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insipide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vapid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fade
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気の抜けた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

맛없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vapid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô vị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சலிப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नीच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yavan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

insulso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nudny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

беззмістовний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fad
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανούσιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fadd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vapid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vapid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VAPID»

The term «vapid» is regularly used and occupies the 80.719 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VAPID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vapid

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10 QUOTES WITH «VAPID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vapid.
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George Ayittey
Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.
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Megan Fox
There's a misconception that maybe I'm overly confident or a little vapid or that I am a stereotypical, bratty, spoiled girl who doesn't have much to bring to the table other than how people perceive her physically.
3
Grimes
I'm tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things I enjoy somehow make me a lesser person.
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Kristin Hersh
I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.
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Fran Kranz
I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different and sometimes unwelcome. There are shallow, vapid, untalented people zombieing the streets of Hollywood, adding decadence and immorality to an already extravagant business.
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Jaron Lanier
Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.
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Jason Lewis
It was easy to get the offers for the good-looking vapid dude. I guess that's my power alley.
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Mary MacLane
When I was three years old I was taken with my family to a little town in Western Minnesota, where I lived a more or less vapid and ordinary life until I was ten.
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Drummond Money-Coutts
I think there's a huge amount of magic on television, which is slightly vapid: there's no real meaning or message behind it; it is simply a trick.
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Carolyn Wells
Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAPID»

Discover the use of vapid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vapid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vapid Vaporings
Arthur J. Stace. I mony of the poem. We have thought it an emendation to substitute the spirit”: 10111: of the cockney dialect, so often met with in the works of Dickens, and which was cultivated by the inhabitants of London, a celebrated eastern ...
Arthur J. Stace, 1885
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Final Education: A Novel of Empires Both Vapid and Grand
In a world birthed by the collective consciousness of a hundred teenaged minds, how many will be able to tread its narrow paths between sweeping glory and utter decimation? For its enablers, the answer will be their final education.
Dean Marden, 2012
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser
Lady. Letty, leave the room, and fasten the door. [Lefty exit. » Vapid. No— no— don't do that, [ beseech you. 'Lady. You're very much fright'ned, Mr. Vapid — I hope you don't iuppose 1 have any design against you. • Vapid. I don't know, really, ...
‎1793
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The Monthly Review
Vapid. No — no — don't do that, s beseech you. • Lady. You're very much fright' ned, Mr. Vapid — I hope you don't suppose I have any design against you. ' Vapid. 1 don't know, really, Ma'am such things are perfectly dramatic. ' Lady. Well, but ...
Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, 1793
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
Vapid. Indeed, Ma'am, I am not. * Marianne. There now — I told you so — upon my word you rely too much on your time of life— you do indeed — you think because you're a little the worse for wear, you may trust yourself any where — but  ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1793
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The Dramatist, Or, Stop Him who Can!: A Comedy in Five Acts
A Comedy in Five Acts Frederick Reynolds, Mrs. Inchbald. Vapid. See ! she'll faint ! Mari. Oh ! oh ! oh ! [Marianne faints in Lady Waitfort's arms. Lady. Oh ; I have gone too far, Mr. Vapid! Vapid. I fly, I'll call the servants. Have you got any drops ?
Frederick Reynolds, Mrs. Inchbald, 1808
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are ...
Vapid. See! she'll faint ! Mari. Oh! oh! oh! [IvIA1uANN1tfaints in LADY WAlT1''on' T's Arms. Lady. Oh; I have gone too far, Mr. Vapid ! Vapid. I fly, I'll call' the servants. Have you got any drops ? ' Lady. I have some drops in this closet may recover ...
Mrs. Inchbald, 1808
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are ...
Vapid. 'Gad, here's a sudden touch of tragedy — pray, Lady.Waitfor't, reflect — you can't send a lady -to a convent when the theatres are open. , ', Mori. It will be the death of me ! pray, my dear • aunt Lady. Not a word — I am determined ...
Mrs. Inchbald, 1824
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The Dramatist ... With Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald
Vapid. See! she'll faint ! Mari. Oh! oh! oh! ' [MARIANNafaints in LAD! WAITroR'T's Arms. Lady. Oh ! I have gone too far, Mr Vapid! Va id. I fly, I'll call the servants. Have you got any rops? ' Lady. I have some drops in this closet may recover ...
Frederick Reynolds, 1816
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The British Theatre: Or, a Collection of Plays, which are ...
Enter VAPID, gently. 4 Vapid. I'd never have ventured, but in hopes of seeing my dear Marianne. Lady. Indeed I will not detain you a moment. Vapid. Very well, ma' am, if that's the case [Slowly seating /u'mself.] It's very alarming. [Asid¢. Lady.
Elizabeth Inchbald, 1808

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAPID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vapid is used in the context of the following news items.
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In a word: vapid
Last week, writing about mendacious in Geoffrey Pullum's phrase “vapidly mendacious TEDx bloviation,” I promised to return this week to vapid. (We have ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
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Wimbledon 2015 has become victim to the rapid, vapid Aussie …
If at any point during his semi-final today, Andy Murray is in need of a lift from the Centre Court crowd, let's hope nobody feels compelled to begin a chant of “let's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Vapid bimbos for Hillary
... coming to the sad conclusion about Hillary Clinton that they never admitted to about Barack Obama. She is a candidate that only vapid bimbos could support. «Communities Digital News, Jun 15»
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'Saint Laurent' biopic is beautifully dressed but vapid
In French and English, with English subtitles. Running time: 150 minutes. Rated R (nudity, language, drug use). “I'm sick of seeing myself,” says fashion legend ... «New York Post, May 15»
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Raising billions won't erase Clinton's scandals or vapid centrism
The New York Times states that Hillary Clinton is projected raise $2.5 billion during her bid for the presidency. As a result, many Democrats feel that Clinton will ... «The Hill, Apr 15»
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A Vapid Startup Mistake: Hiring A PR Firm
A rookie mistake some startup make after raising a bit of money is to hire a public relations (PR) firm. This is akin to asking a marriage counselor to propose to ... «Forbes, Apr 15»
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Hillary Clinton's insultingly vapid video
The more I watch Hillary Clinton's announcement video, the less I like it. This may be putting it mildly. I understand what Clinton & Co. were trying to do: Make the ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
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WaPo's Ruth Marcus: Hillary Video 'Relentlessly, Insultingly Vapid'
“Seriously, this makes Ronald Reagan's gauzy 'It's Morning Again in America' commercial look like a Brookings Institution seminar on economic policy,” Marcus ... «Mediaite, Apr 15»
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Virtual, viral and vapid: Asaf Avidan is anything but a singer
Israeli-born global singing phenomenon Avidan embodies in his persona and music the chaos of the narcissistic Internet era in which we live. By Nissan Shor ... «Haaretz, Mar 15»
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Watch Bette Midler Sing Kim Kardashian's Most Vapid Tweets
Bettle Midler is such a big fan of Kim Kardashian that she named one of her chickens after the reality star, Jimmy Kimmel explained on Monday's episode of ... «TIME, Mar 15»

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