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.

SYNONYMS FOR mild

1 soft, pleasant.

3 temperate, moderate, clement.

4 bland.

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ANTONYMS 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”

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1. See gentle.

OTHER WORDS FROM mild

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

sem·i·mild·ness, noun

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Start by using mild hand soap, but if that doesn’t work, you can try dishwasher soap.
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The scientists said face coverings could filter enough droplets to lead to asymptomatic or mild illness in some cases — and lead to some immunity.
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Regulators this week also granted emergency authorization to the first covid-19 treatment to protect people with mild illness from developing severe disease.
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Despite the clouds and rain, the air ahead of the front is still mild, with highs well into the 60s both days.
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"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.
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Indeed, in the succeeding quiet and the mildness of his voice, there was almost a premeditated cunning.
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The mildness of her look, the modesty of her gait, the soft harmony of her voice, must be seen and felt to be conceived.
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He was a small, bearded, wiry man of forty-four or five, who gave you a curious impression of ferocity and mildness mingled.
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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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