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mild

  [mahyld] adjective, -er, -est, noun
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–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   (mīld)   
adj.   mild·er, mild·est
  1. 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.
  3. Not severe or acute: a mild fever.
  4. 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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Mild

Mild\, a. [Compar. Milder; superl. Mildest.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. ? gladdening gifts.] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.

The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. --Waller.

Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. --Rogers.

Mild, or Low, steel, steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened.

Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle.
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Language Translation for : mild
Spanish: apacible, afable, dulce,
German: sanft,
Japanese: 温厚な
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mild 
O.E. milde "gentle, merciful," from P.Gmc. *milthjaz- (cf. O.N. mildr, O.Fris. milde, Du. mild, O.H.G. milti, Ger. milde "mild," Goth. mildiþa "kindness"), from PIE base *meld-/*mld- "softness" (cf. Gk. malthon "weakling," O.Ir. meldach "tender," Skt. mrdh "to neglect," also "to be moist"). Related to melt. Originally of persons and powers; of the weather from c.1400, of disease from 1744. Phrase to put it mildly is attested from 1929.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: mild
Pronunciation: 'mI(&)ld
Function: adjective
1 : moderate in action or effect mild drug>
2 : not severe mild case of the flu>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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