over mild
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.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English milde; cognate with German mild; akin to Greek malthakós soft
before 900; Middle English, Old English milde; cognate with German mild; akin to Greek malthakós soft
Related forms
mild·ly, adverb
mild·ness, noun
o·ver·mild, adjective
sem·i·mild, adjective
sem·i·mild·ness, noun
Antonyms
1. forceful. 3. severe. 6. harsh.
1. forceful. 3. severe. 6. harsh.
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mild (maɪld) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a taste, sensation, etc) not powerful or strong; bland: a mild curry |
| 2. | gentle or temperate in character, climate, behaviour, etc |
| 3. | not extreme; moderate: a mild rebuke |
| 4. | feeble; unassertive |
| —n | |
| 5. | (Brit) draught beer, of darker colour than bitter and flavoured with fewer hops |
| [Old English milde; compare Old Saxon mildi, Old Norse mildr] | |
| 'mildly | |
| —adv | |
| 'mildness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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