Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.
- adjective Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force.
- adjective Not extreme.
- adjective Warm and full of sunshine; pleasant.
- adjective Not severe or acute.
- adjective Easily molded, shaped, or worked; malleable.
- intransitive verb Texas & Virginia To diminish or decrease. Used of the wind or a storm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mildness; gentleness.
- To become mild.
- To make merciful.
- To pity; pardon.
- 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.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective 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 - adjective steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Gentle and not easilyprovoked : - noun UK A relatively low-gravity
beer , often with a dark colour;mild ale
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective mild and pleasant
- adjective humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- adjective moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Some say the term mild traumatic brain injury best describes what happens to the brain.
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Some say the term mild traumatic brain injury best describes what happens to the brain.
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But it wasn't until she began talking with fellow patients that she heard the term mild traumatic brain injury.
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But it wasn't until she began talking with fellow patients that she heard the term mild traumatic brain injury.
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Testing by the VA found 44,500 of 570,000 Iraq and Afghanistan vets had suffered what it called mild traumatic brain injuries.
For Wounded Vet, Love Pierces the Fog of War Michael M. Phillips 2012
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And we separate asthma into what we refer to as mild intermittent.
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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.
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"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 ----"
Juggernaut Alice Campbell
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Father Biard (1611) has left us an interesting account of this tribe, which he characterized as mild and peaceful in temperament.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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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.
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' "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. '
July 18, 2008