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mild

Audio Help [mahyld] Pronunciation Key adjective, -er, -est, noun

–adjective

1.	amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.

2.	characterized by or showing such gentleness, as manners or speech: a mild voice.

3.	not cold, severe, or extreme, as air or weather: mild breezes.

4.	not sharp, pungent, or strong: a mild flavor.

5.	not acute or serious, as disease: a mild case of flu.

6.	gentle or moderate in force or effect: mild penalties.

7.	soft; pleasant: mild sunshine.

8.	moderate in intensity, degree, or character: mild regret.

9.	British Dialect. comparatively soft and easily worked, as soil, wood, or stone.

10.	Obsolete. kind or gracious.

–noun

11.	British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE milde; c. G mild; akin to Gk malthakós soft

]

—Related forms

mildly, adverb

mildness, noun

—Synonyms 1. soft, pleasant. See gentle. 3. temperate, moderate, clement. 4. bland.

—Antonyms 1. forceful. 3. severe. 6. harsh.

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mild Audio Help (mīld) Pronunciation Key
adj. mild·er, mild·est

Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.
1. Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force: a mild pipe tobacco; a mild sedative.
2. Not extreme: a mild winter storm.
3. Warm and full of sunshine; pleasant: a mild spring day; mild weather in June.
Not severe or acute: a mild fever.
Easily molded, shaped, or worked; malleable: mild steel.

intr.v. mild·ed, mild·ing, milds
Texas & Virginia To diminish or decrease. Used of the wind or a storm. See Regional Note at fair¹.

[Middle English, from Old English milde; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

mild'ly adv., mild'ness n.

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