Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.
- adj. Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force: a mild pipe tobacco; a mild sedative.
- adj. Not extreme: a mild winter storm.
- adj. Warm and full of sunshine; pleasant: a mild spring day; mild weather in June.
- adj. Not severe or acute: a mild fever.
- adj. Easily molded, shaped, or worked; malleable: mild steel.
- v. Texas & Virginia To diminish or decrease. Used of the wind or a storm. See Regional Note at fair1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Possessing softness or gentleness of disposition; soft-mannered; kindly disposed; good-tempered.
- Exercising gentleness in conduct or action; not harsh or unfeeling; considerate; conciliatory.
- Marked by softness or kindness; gentle in character, method, or appearance; manifesting or expressing mildness; mollifying; tranquil; placid: as, mild words or manners; a mild rebuke; a mild aspect.
- Gentle or moderate in force, operation, or effect; not harsh or irritating; emollient; bland; genial: as, mild medicine; mild winds; a mild remedy.
- Moderate in quality or degree; of mitigated force; weak in kind; free from harshness or roughness; hence, not hard to endure, manage, etc.: as, mild fruit; mild dissipation; mild efforts.
- Hence, new; not having gained the taste that comes by keeping: said of malt liquors: as, mild ale
- See the quotation.
- [Mild forms the first element in a number of compounds of obvious signification: for example, mild-flavored, mild-looking, mild-mannered, mild-spirited, mild-tempered.]
- n. Mildness; gentleness.
- To become mild.
- To make merciful.
- To pity; pardon.
Wiktionary
- adj. Gentle and not easily provoked:
- n. UK A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. 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
WordNet 3.0
- adj. mild and pleasant
- adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- adj. moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
Etymologies
- From Old English milde, from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz; cognate with Old Saxon mildi, Old Frisian milde, West Frisian myld, Dutch mild, Old High German milti (< German mild), Old Norse mildr (< Icelandic mildur, Swedish mild, Danish mild), and Gothic milds; compare Lithuanian melas ‘dear’. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English milde; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But it wasn't until she began talking with fellow patients that she heard the term mild traumatic brain injury.”
“Some say the term mild traumatic brain injury best describes what happens to the brain.”
“Testing by the VA found 44,500 of 570,000 Iraq and Afghanistan vets had suffered what it called mild traumatic brain injuries.”
The Wall Street Journal: For Wounded Vet, Love Pierces the Fog of War
“And we separate asthma into what we refer to as mild intermittent.”
“He has twice before been treated for this mild, what he calls mild heart attacks, and again, at the close of campaign had this catheterization procedure and has been told to change his diet a bit.”
“Well, you know your father has never much approved of gambling, beyond what he calls a mild flutter; so when he found she was throwing away several thousands a year ----”
“Father Biard (1611) has left us an interesting account of this tribe, which he characterized as mild and peaceful in temperament.”
“WASHINGTON Reuters - The head of Standard & Poor's sovereign ratings, David Beers told "Fox News Sunday" he did not expect "that much impact" when global markets open on Monday due to what he called a "mild deterioration" in the U.S. credit standing to AA-plus from top-tier AAA.”
“He has what we call mild cognitive impairment," Murray said.”
“Three people sitting near us were listening and one of them mouthed the word "mild" to me.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mild’.
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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INTERP - speeches can be...
adequate, adroit, blunt, blurred, committed, divisive, exacerbating, fitting, hollow, lengthy, murky, pronounced and 123 more...
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cheese
everything cheese,expressions like
stiff cheddar,turophile's heaven
a work in progresscheddar, cheddared, cheddaring, cheedam, cheese straw, cheesed off, cheesed, cheesie, cheeseparing, cheese tree, cheesewood, cheesier and 352 more...
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Words Made Of Roman Numerals
dividivi, cimicic, civic, civil, idic, dill, livid, mild, ilicic, vivid, clim, imidic and 43 more...
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capitalcreative's Words
deviltry, visceral, cassanova, assuage, genesis, hot minute, osmosis, wistful, sublime, loathe, farfetched, newfangled and 283 more...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and ...
Words that, as I see it, have some fond connection to the Alice stories through their creation or particular use by Lewis Carroll. I mean to tie them all together with contexty comments!
alice, daisy-chain, white rabbit, waistcoat-pocket, rabbit-hole, marmalade, antipathy, antipode, curtsey, dinah, tea-time, rat-hole and 232 more...
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to acquire
moustache, thoughtcrime, lift, overall, razor, strength, oily, gin, oily gin, brotherhood, dull, toward and 108 more...
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Chainlink's Words
hat, opalescent, opal, emerald, sapphire, scythe, carnival, calliope, brilliant, awesome, feather, fantastic and 268 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Expressions
(Facial)
pained, pitiful, reproachful, annoyed, dismissive, excited, eager, spiteful, contemptuous, passive, calm, nervous and 155 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o..., abject,utterly ho... and 2228 more...
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describe me
charming, afectionate, addictive, selfless, patience, drastic, fond, light-heeled, fragrant, delicate, care-free, natural and 95 more...
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kevinl's Words
indefatigable, dabble, befuddle, fin, infinity, might, futile, squirm, bookish, feint, liquidity, belt and 126 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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General
attain, stretch, lever, flock, fraught, taunt, dub, deceive, toss, sentient, stale, brew and 52 more...
Tweets
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she ' "Now one can breathe more easily," said the Knight, putting back his shaggy hair with both hands, and turning his gentle face and large mild eyes to Alice. She thought she had never seen such a strange-looking soldier in all her life. ' Jul 18, 2008