soft-boiled

adjective

Definition of soft-boilednext
as in tasteless

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft-boiled
  1. tasteless
  2. vapid
  3. soapy
  4. insipid
  5. watery
  6. sudsy
  7. melodramatic
  8. flat
Adjective
  • The singer-songwriter, and daughter of actor-comedian Rob Schneider, was caught on video from multiple angles performing what fans thought was a tasteless cover.
    Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Setting aside the general question of how necessary this show is to begin with, nothing here comes across as particularly tasteless.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of tasteless
Adjective
  • Newcastle went strong, righting the wrong of a vapid 4-2 defeat at the Gtech Community Stadium earlier this month.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • What was once ridiculed as a vapid squad may become celebrated as an intellectual group, and all are invited to join by the Chairman.
    Bryan West, The Tennessean, 4 Apr. 2024
Definition of vapid
Adjective
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.
    Robert LloydTelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
Definition of soapy
Adjective
  • At the far extreme, there is the insipid libertarianism of Ron Paul, the former Texas representative, who has claimed that Marine detachments guarding U.S. embassies count as examples of military overstretch.
    Bret Stephens, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2013
  • The blandly positive lyrics seemed even more insipid amid all the bedroom jams.
    Eric Webb, Austin American-Statesman, 1 June 2024
Definition of insipid
Adjective
  • Now, the iceberg has broken free of this watery cage and is floating northeast in the direction of South Georgia Island, where it is expected to break up and melt into oblivion.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In the most flamboyant gesture, a large cascade of lace in watery white oil paint falls from Mariana’s left hand, gently pressed against her velvet dress rather than tightly grasped.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of watery
Adjective
  • Plastic cups sloshing with sudsy golden lagers and pale pink rum punch glide to tables crowded with friends.
    Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024
  • In an attempt to buck traditional stereotypes, some couples will have photos of themselves eating pizza in elevators, taking a sudsy bath on their wedding morning, or jumping on the bed with their bridal parties.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 1 July 2024
Definition of sudsy
Adjective
  • Neither the stage production nor the musical can do much with the melodramatic Madame Morrible, the headmistress at Shiz who becomes a key player in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz’s fascist machinations.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Go back to where the trend began with the first of the filmmaker’s limited horror series, the creepy, melodramatic 2018 adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel starring multiple actors who have become part of Flanagan’s regular ensemble: Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, Annabeth Gish, and Samantha Sloyan.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of melodramatic
Adjective
  • Industrial production growth stayed broadly flat at 5.4% compared with 5.3% in October.
    Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 16 Dec. 2024
  • This is particularly common in organizations with flat structures, where there are fewer managerial or senior roles available.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of flat
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