mellow
soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
well-matured, as wines.
soft and rich, as sound, tones, color, or light.
made gentle and compassionate by age or maturity; softened.
friable or loamy, as soil.
mildly and pleasantly intoxicated or high.
pleasantly agreeable; free from tension, discord, etc.: a mellow neighborhood.
affably relaxed; easygoing; genial: a mellow teacher who is very popular with her students.
to make or become mellow.
Slang. a state, atmosphere, or mood of ease and gentle relaxation.
mellow out, Slang.
to become detached from worry, strife, stress, etc.; relax: After final exams let's go down to the beach and mellow out.
to make more relaxed, agreeable, workable, etc.; soften or smooth: Chopin really mellows me out when I'm feeling tense.
Origin of mellow
1synonym study For mellow
Other words for mellow
Opposites for mellow
Other words from mellow
- mel·low·ly, adverb
- mel·low·ness, noun
- o·ver·mel·low, adjective
- o·ver·mel·low·ly, adverb
- o·ver·mel·low·ness, noun
- un·mel·low, adjective
- un·mel·lowed, adjective
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How to use mellow in a sentence
The following bright and mellow Monday, Uriguen cradles the new child.
Idaho Woman Who Gave Birth on Highway: ‘I Had to Pull My Pants Down to Get the Baby Out’ | Dale Eisinger | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMuhammad Ali in Excelsis by Peter Richmond from GQ, April 1998 He is in mellow middle age now.
The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali | Peter Richmond | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis first wife, Sarah Loewen, recalled him as being “mellow.”
Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad | Michael Daly | December 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs his longtime friend Bishop Desmond Tutu once told Sky News, “he needed that time in prison to mellow.”
Anger at the Heart of Nelson Mandela’s Violent Struggle | Christopher Dickey | December 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCan you put "mellow" on the label, or just give the chemical content?
Meet Mark Kleiman, the Man Who Will Be Washington State’s Pot Czar | Abby Haglage | March 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The day was perfect; as clear and bright, as mellow and crisp, as rich in colour, as only an October day in England can be.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe warmest land is chosen—mellow and free from stones or shaded by trees and prepared as if for a garden.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The flavor is rich and mellow; a little more oily than Havana leaf.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The moon rose majestically above the distant trees; her full, round, and yellow orb cast a mellow light upon our group.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorOn this sweet lawn the inmates and guests walked for sun and mellow air, and often played bowls at eventide.
British Dictionary definitions for mellow
/ (ˈmɛləʊ) /
(esp of fruits) full-flavoured; sweet; ripe
(esp of wines) well-matured
(esp of colours or sounds) soft or rich
kind-hearted, esp through maturity or old age
genial, as through the effects of alcohol
(of soil) soft and loamy
to make or become mellow; soften; mature
(foll by out) to become calm and relaxed or (esp of a drug) to have a calming or relaxing effect on (someone)
Origin of mellow
1Derived forms of mellow
- mellowly, adverb
- mellowness, noun
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