disapproval If you describe something as anodyne, you are criticizing it because it has no strong characteristics and is not likely to excite, interest, or upset anyone. Their quarterly meetings were anodyne affairs. = bland. expressed in a way that is unlikely to offend anyone = bland (anodynus, from , from an- + odyne )
Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings