Home › Words › B › blandingblandingblanding means A surname.EtymologyBlend of bland + branding.nameA surname.An unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.A city in San Juan County, Utah, United States, former name Grayson.nounThe development of a brand that is characterless and unappealing.e.g.“There would have been revisions, more testing, and more revisions until the joy and spontaneity would have been squeezed from the design: blanding as opposed to branding.” — 2002, Paula Scher, Make It Bigger, page 94:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.blandification 65% match — The process of making something bland. vs blanding →blandfest 61% match — A very bland (boring and insipid) event or work. vs blanding →blandiose 60% match — Simultaneously dull and overblown; striving to be impressive, but turning out bland or unoriginal. vs blanding →brandlessness 59% match — Absence of a brand or commercial mark. vs blanding →blandsome 59% match — Good-looking, yet also boring and average. vs blanding →blandify 59% match — To make bland. vs blanding →blendy 58% match — Tending to blend together or blend in. vs blanding →blandness 57% match — The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.; Mildness, gentleness. vs blanding →