mild

[ mahyld ]

/ maɪld /

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adjective, mild·er, mild·est.

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.

noun

British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.

OTHER WORDS FOR mild

1 soft, pleasant.

3 temperate, moderate, clement.

4 bland.

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OPPOSITES FOR mild

1 forceful.

3 severe.

6 harsh.

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Origin of mild

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English milde; cognate with German mild; akin to Greek malthakós “soft”

synonym study for mild

1. See gentle.

OTHER WORDS FROM mild

mildly, adverbmildness, nouno·ver·mild, adjectivesem·i·mild, adjective

sem·i·mild·ness, noun

How to use mild in a sentence

"It is good to pray here," she said, in a tone the mildness and sincerity of which made the reproach more cutting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The moisture gives mildness to the tobacco, but renders inhalation so difficult that weak lungs are unfitted to bear it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Indeed, in the succeeding quiet and the mildness of his voice, there was almost a premeditated cunning.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson
The mildness of her look, the modesty of her gait, the soft harmony of her voice, must be seen and felt to be conceived.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

He was a small, bearded, wiry man of forty-four or five, who gave you a curious impression of ferocity and mildness mingled.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions

British Dictionary definitions for mild

mild

/ (maɪld) /

adjective

(of a taste, sensation, etc) not powerful or strong; blanda mild curry

gentle or temperate in character, climate, behaviour, etc

not extreme; moderatea mild rebuke

feeble; unassertive

noun

British draught beer, of darker colour than bitter and flavoured with fewer hops

Derived forms of mild

mildly, adverbmildness, noun

Word Origin for mild

Old English milde; compare Old Saxon mildi, Old Norse mildr

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