'Mild' definitions:
Definition of 'mild'
From: WordNet
adjective
Moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism" [ant: intense]
adjective
Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn: meek, mild, modest]
adjective
Definition of 'Mild'
From: GCIDE
- Mild \Mild\ (m[imac]ld), a. [Compar. Milder; superl. Mildest.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. ? gladdening gifts.] 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; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity. [1913 Webster]
- The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
- Mild steel, or Low steel, steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mild'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepting,
- aestival,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- amiable,
- balmy,
- benign,
- benignant,
- bland,
- blood-hot,
- blood-warm,
- bonhomous,
- bright,
- broken,
- calid,
- calm,
- calming,
- chastened,
- choice,
- clement,
- compassionate,
- complaisant,
- conciliatory,
- cordial,
- dainty,
- dead,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- demulcent,
- dilute,
- diluted,
- docile,
- domesticated,
- dovelike,
- easy,
- easy-natured,
- easygoing,
- emollient,
- equable,
- equatorial,
- exquisite,
- fade,
- faint,
- fair,
- flat,
- flavorless,
- forbearant,
- forbearing,
- forgiving,
- genial,
- gentle,
- good-humored,
- good-natured,
- good-tempered,
- gruelly,
- halcyon,
- housebroken,
- humane,
- humble,
- inane,
- indifferent,
- indulgent,
- inoffensive,
- insipid,
- jejune,
- judicious,
- kind,
- kindly,
- lamblike,
- lax,
- lenient,
- lenitive,
- luke,
- lukewarm,
- meek,
- mellow,
- mellowy,
- merciful,
- mild as milk,
- milk-and-water,
- moderate,
- modest,
- mollified,
- mollifying,
- nonresistive,
- nonrigid,
- nonviolent,
- obeisant,
- obliging,
- pacific,
- pacifistic,
- pappy,
- passive,
- patient,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- placid,
- pleasant,
- prudent,
- pulpy,
- quiet,
- room-temperature,
- sapless,
- Saturnian,
- savorless,
- serene,
- smooth,
- sober,
- soft,
- soft as putty,
- softened,
- softening,
- soothing,
- spiceless,
- stale,
- subdued,
- submissive,
- subservient,
- subtropical,
- summery,
- sunny,
- sunshiny,
- sweet,
- sweet-tempered,
- tame,
- tamed,
- tasteless,
- temperate,
- tender,
- tepid,
- thermal,
- thermic,
- thin,
- toasty,
- tolerant,
- tractable,
- tranquil,
- tropical,
- unassuming,
- unflavored,
- unfrozen,
- unsavory,
- vapid,
- warm,
- warm as toast,
- warmish,
- washy,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- weak,
- well-natured,
- whisper-soft,
- wishy-washy,
- yielding