mild
amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
characterized by or showing such gentleness, as manners or speech: a mild voice.
not cold, severe, or extreme, as air or weather: mild breezes.
not sharp, pungent, or strong: a mild flavor.
not acute or serious, as disease: a mild case of flu.
gentle or moderate in force or effect: mild penalties.
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.
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
Origin of mild
1synonym study For mild
Other words for mild
Opposites for mild
Other words from mild
- mildly, adverb
- mildness, noun
- o·ver·mild, adjective
- sem·i·mild, adjective
- sem·i·mild·ness, noun
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How to use mild in a sentence
They are regarded by American traders as the "price" coffees, while Milds are considered as the "quality" grades.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersThe gilded dome can be seen 266 twenty or thirty milds away.
Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife | Marietta HolleyDo you spoze I can git into my hen house ten thousand milds off to git you a hen?
Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife | Marietta HolleyFor this service, including travel for twenty-five "milds," he turned in a bill of twelve shillings, nine pence.
And still we walked round through milds and milds of solid beauty and bloom.
Samantha at the World's Fair | Marietta Holley
British Dictionary definitions for mild
/ (maɪld) /
(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
British draught beer, of darker colour than bitter and flavoured with fewer hops
Origin of mild
1Derived forms of mild
- mildly, adverb
- mildness, noun
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