different between lacklustre vs vapid

English

Etymology

lack +? lustre

Adjective

lacklustre (comparative more lacklustre, superlative most lacklustre)

1. (British) Alternative spelling of lackluster

Noun

lacklustre (countable and uncountable, plural lacklustres)

1. (British) Alternative spelling of lackluster
   • 1990, The Nigerian Economist (volume 4, page lxxii)

     Secondly, the fear of offending the military has reduced the campaigns to mere lacklustres. Promises are reeled off with so much obvious lack of passion that it is quite possible the party bosses themselves hardly believe what they say […]

Anagrams

• lackluster

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?væp.?d/, /?ve?p.?d/

Adjective

vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)

1. Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
2. Lifeless, dull, or banal.
   • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN

     Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.

3. Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:wearisome, Thesaurus:soporific

Derived terms

• vapidity
• vapidly
• vapidness

Translations

Anagrams

• pavid

Estonian

Noun

vapid

1. nominative plural of vapp