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mild
[ mahyld ]
adjective
- amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
Antonyms: forceful
- characterized by or showing such gentleness, as manners or speech:
a mild voice.
- not cold, severe, or extreme, as air or weather:
mild breezes.
Synonyms: clement, moderate, temperate
Antonyms: severe
- not sharp, pungent, or strong:
a mild flavor.
Synonyms: bland
- not acute or serious, as disease:
a mild case of flu.
- gentle or moderate in force or effect:
mild penalties.
Antonyms: harsh
- soft; pleasant:
mild sunshine.
- moderate in intensity, degree, or character:
mild regret.
- British Dialect. comparatively soft and easily worked, as soil, wood, or stone.
- Obsolete. kind or gracious.
noun
- British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
mild
/ maɪld /
adjective
- (of a taste, sensation, etc) not powerful or strong; bland
a mild curry
- gentle or temperate in character, climate, behaviour, etc
- not extreme; moderate
a mild rebuke
- feeble; unassertive
noun
- draught beer, of darker colour than bitter and flavoured with fewer hops
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Derived Forms
- ˈmildness, noun
- ˈmildly, adverb
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Other Words From
- mildly adverb
- mildness noun
- over·mild adjective
- semi·mild adjective
- semi·mildness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mild1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mild1
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Example Sentences
Francis is well into his seventies, looks it, has a mild demeanor and soft speaking style; but his rhetoric is electrifying.
The new term denotes a spectrum of problem drinking that can range from mild to moderate to severe.
TBIs can range anywhere from a mild concussion to catastrophic, fatal damage.
And look at how mild her phrasing was: The South “has not always been the friendliest place” for black people.
But the unknown potential health risks seem like a mild annoyance, if that, to Deen.
She looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.
Instead of writing slander and flat blasphemy, they propose to draw it, and not draw it mild.
During his mild régime the insurrection increased rapidly, and in one encounter he himself was very near falling a prisoner.
A mild degree means that the body is not reacting well, or else that the infection is too slight to call forth much resistance.
Being a mild sort of person, Mr. Meadow Mouse thanked Mrs. Robin politely, both for the message and for the advice.p.
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