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mild - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'mild' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mild [ superl.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'mild' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mild [ a]
Meaning (1):
- moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
Example in sentence:
  • a mild fever;
  • a mild rebuke;
  • a mild winter storm;
  • fortunately the pain was mild;
  • mild criticism
2 . mild [ s]
Meaning (2):
- mild and pleasant
Example in sentence:
  • a soft breeze;
  • balmy days and nights;
  • the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth
Meaning (3):
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
Example in sentence:
  • meek and self-effacing