About The Word Mild
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Mild Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Mild?
[adj] mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"
[adj] moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism" [adj] humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mild: balmy | clement | gentle | humble | meek | mild-mannered | moderate | modest | temperate Related Terms | Find terms related to Mild: accepting | aestival | affable | agreeable | amiable | balmy | benign | benignant | bland | blood-hot | blood-warm | bonhomous | bright | broken | calid | calm | calming | chastened | choice | clement | compassionate | complaisant | conciliatory | cordial | dainty | dead | deferential | delicate | demulcent | dilute | diluted | docile | domesticated | dovelike | easy | easygoing | easy-natured | emollient | equable | equatorial | exquisite | fade | faint | fair | flat | flavorless | forbearant | forbearing | forgiving | genial | gentle | good-humored | good-natured | good-tempered | gruelly | halcyon | housebroken | humane | humble | inane | indifferent | indulgent | inoffensive | insipid | jejune | judicious | kind | kindly | lamblike | lax | lenient | lenitive | luke | lukewarm | meek | mellow | mellowy | merciful | mild as milk | milk-and-water | moderate | modest | mollified | mollifying | nonresistive | nonrigid | nonviolent | obeisant | obliging | pacific | pacifistic | pappy | passive | patient | peaceable | peaceful | placid | pleasant | prudent | pulpy | quiet | room-temperature | sapless | Saturnian | savorless | serene | smooth | sober | soft | soft as putty | softened | softening | soothing | spiceless | stale | subdued | submissive | subservient | subtropical | summery | sunny | sunshiny | sweet | sweet-tempered | tame | tamed | tasteless | temperate | tender | tepid | thermal | thermic | thin | toasty | tolerant | tractable | tranquil | tropical | unassuming | unflavored | unfrozen | unsavory | vapid | warm | warm as toast | warmish | washy | watered | watered-down | watery | weak | well-natured | whisper-soft | wishy-washy | yielding See Also | Mild In Webster's Dictionary \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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