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mild
[ mahyld ]
adjective
- amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
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Antonyms:
- characterized by or showing such gentleness, as manners or speech:
a mild voice.
- not cold, severe, or extreme, as air or weather:
mild breezes.
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Antonyms:
- not sharp, pungent, or strong:
a mild flavor.
Synonyms:
- not acute or serious, as disease:
a mild case of flu.
- gentle or moderate in force or effect:
mild penalties.
Antonyms:
- 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.
mild
/ ɪ /
adjective
- (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
noun
- draught beer, of darker colour than bitter and flavoured with fewer hops
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adverb
- n noun
- v· adjective
- i· adjective
- semi·n noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mild1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mild1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Poison oak recently nailed Becker’s left wrist and his right wrist flared up with a mild itch — the patch where poodle-dog swiped him about a decade ago.
An insidious but lesser-known consequence of even a mild measles infection is that it kills the very cells that remember which pathogens the patient has previously fought and how those battles were won.
Symptoms are typically mild for this form of MS, according to the NHS, but about half of cases can develop into a more progressive form of the disease.
Prof Zhou notes that though significant, the "wording in general is still relatively mild".
For most people, side effects are mild., external The most common include a sore arm, headache, chills, fatigue and nausea.
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