mild

mild
adj.
1 not very cold
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become, turn (esp. BrE)
▪

Later in the week the weather turned very mild.

▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ relatively
▪

It's relatively mild for the time of year.

▪ generally
▪

The climate in Japan is generally mild.

▪ surprisingly, unseasonably, unusually
▪

The late summer air was surprisingly mild.

2 not severe or strong
VERBS
▪ be, seem
▪

The infection seems quite mild, so she should be better soon.

ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ comparatively, relatively
▪

The pain is comparatively mild at the moment.

▪ reasonably
3 gentle and kind
VERBS
▪ be, sound
▪

His voice was deceptively mild.

ADVERB
▪ seemingly
▪ deceptively
PHRASES
▪ meek and mild
▪

She's not so meek and mild as she seems.

Mild is used with these nouns: ↑amusement, ↑annoyance, ↑antiseptic, ↑astonishment, ↑attack, ↑bout, ↑case, ↑cheese, ↑chilli, ↑climate, ↑cold, ↑concussion, ↑confusion, ↑cough, ↑curiosity, ↑curry, ↑defect, ↑dehydration, ↑depression, ↑diarrhoea, ↑disability, ↑disappointment, ↑disapproval, ↑discomfort, ↑disease, ↑disgust, ↑downturn, ↑elation, ↑electric shock, ↑euphoria, ↑exaggeration, ↑exasperation, ↑fever, ↑flavour, ↑flu, ↑form, ↑hallucination, ↑handicap, ↑headache, ↑heart attack, ↑hysteria, ↑illness, ↑inconvenience, ↑infection, ↑inflammation, ↑irritation, ↑manner, ↑mustard, ↑narcotic, ↑nausea, ↑pain, ↑panic, ↑paranoia, ↑reaction, ↑rebuke, ↑recession, ↑reproach, ↑sedation, ↑sedative, ↑shampoo, ↑shock, ↑side effect, ↑soap, ↑spell, ↑steel, ↑stroke, ↑surprise, ↑swear word, ↑symptom, ↑taste, ↑term, ↑tone, ↑weather, ↑winter

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  • mild — [ maıld ] adjective ** ▸ 1 not strong/severe ▸ 2 about the weather ▸ 3 about food ▸ 4 about drugs/cosmetics ▸ 5 not large/extreme ▸ 6 gentle ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a mild illness or injury is one that is not serious: They were both suffering from a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Mild — may mean: Mild ale, often simply referred to as mild, from the Old English milde, meaning young or immature Håkan Mild (born 1971), Swedish former footballer and current director of sports of IFK Göteborg Hans Mild (1934 2007), Swedish football,… …   Wikipedia

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  • mild — mild‹e›: Das gemeingerm. Adjektiv mhd. milde, ahd. milti, got. mildeis, engl. mild, schwed. mild gehört im Sinne von »zerrieben, zermahlen; fein, zart« zu der unter ↑ mahlen dargestellten Wortgruppe. Außergerm. sind z. B. verwandt griech.… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Mild — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gerald Mild (* 1962), österreichischer Tennisspieler Håkan Mild (* 1971), schwedischer Fußballspieler Hans Mild (1934–2007), schwedischer Fußball und Eishockeyspieler und Eishockeytrainer Diese Seite ist …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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