Mild

English

Adjective

Mild (comparative Milder, superlative Mildest)

1. 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.

   The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. -Waller.

   Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. -Rogers.

Synonyms

• soft, gentle, bland, calm, tranquil, soothing, pleasant, placid, meek, kind, tender, indulgent, clement, mollifying, lenitive, assuasive
• See also Thesaurus:intermediate

Antonyms

• strong
• harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable

Noun

Mild (plural Milds)

1. (UK) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

Derived terms

• mild and bitter

Adverbs for Mild

harmlessly; pleasantly; serenely; compassionately; reasonably; urbanely; blandly; suavely; affably; genially; tolerantly; complaisantly; leniently; judiciously; discreetly; diplomatically; carefully; placidly; imperturbably; philosophically; sedately; demurely; patiently; unctuously; graciously; ingratiatingly; winningly; tactfully.

Thesaurus

Saturnian, 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, 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

Etymology

From Old English milde, from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz; cognate with Old Saxon mildi, Old Frisian milde, Dutch mild, Old High German milti (< German mild), Old Norse mildr (< Icelandic mildur, Swedish mild, Danish mild), and Gothic milds; compare Lithuanian melas ‘dear’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaɪld/, SAMPA: /"maIld/

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• Rhymes: -aɪld

Translations

Adjective

gentle; pleasant; kind; soft

Catalan: suau Chamicuro: pe'cha Chinese: 溫和的, 温和的 Czech: mírný (cs) m. Dutch: mild (nl), zacht (nl) French: doux (fr) m., douce (fr) f. German: mild (de) Greek: ήπιος (el) m., ήπια (el) f., ήπιο (el) n. Interlingua: blande (ia) Italian: delicato (it) m., delicata (it) f., mite (it) m. and f.

Japanese: 穏やかな (おだやかな, odayaka-ne), 緩やかな (ゆるやかな, yuruyaka-na), 温厚な (おんこうな, onkou-na) Korean: 온화한 Macedonian: благ (mk) (blag) m., кроток (mk) (krótok) m. Old English: wēþe (ang) Polish: łagodny (pl) Portuguese: suave (pt) m. and f., gentil (pt) m. and f. Russian: слабый m., слабая f., слабое n. Spanish: suave (es) m. and f., leve (es) Welsh: mwyn (cy)

External links

• Mild in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Mild in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Mild at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Danish

Adjective

Mild (neuter mildt, definite and plural milde, comparative mildere, superlative mildest)

1. mild, gentle, soft
2. light, lenient

Etymology

From Old Norse mildr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mil/, [milˀ]

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Dutch

Adjective

Mild (comparative Milder, superlative Mildst)

1. mild

Declension

Declension of Mild

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		Mild	Milder
neuter singular	indefinite	Mild	Milder
	definite	Milde	Mildere	Mildste	het Mildst(e)
common singular		Milde	Mildere	Mildste	de Mildste
plural		Milde	Mildere	Mildste	de Mildste
partitive		Milds	Milders

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German

Adjective

Mild (comparative milder, superlative am mildesten)

1. mild

Etymology

From Old High German milti.

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Swedish

Adjective

Mild

1. mild, gentle
2. bland; not hot or strong (about taste of food)
3. weak; not corrosive or aggressive

   en mild ättiksyralösning

   a weak solution of acetic acid

4. not extreme; about weather: neither hot nor cold

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Declension

Inflections of Mild		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	Mild	Mildare		Mildast
	Neuter	milt
Definite singular	Masc.	Milde		Mildaste
	All	Milda		Mildaste
Plural		Milda		Mildaste