beige

²beige

adj

Definition of BEIGE

1

: of the color beige

2

: lacking distinction : vanilla 2

Examples of BEIGE

1. <some food critics have dismissed that chef's version of French cuisine as beige and boring>

First Known Use of BEIGE

1879

Related to BEIGE

Synonyms: nondescript, characterless, faceless, featureless, indistinctive, neutral, noncommital, vanilla

Related Words: boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, flat, humdrum, leaden, monotonous, pedestrian, stodgy, stuffy, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying

Near Antonyms: arresting, bold, catchy, dramatic, emphatic, eye-catching, flamboyant, showy, splashy, striking

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Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion