mild
mild is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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. Mild, or Low, steel, steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened. See Gentle.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- assuasive
- bland
- calm
- clement
- gentle
- indulgent
- kind
- lenitive
- meek
- mollifying
- placid
- pleasant
- soft
- soothing
- tender
- tranquil
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adolescence
- adolescent
- adult
- adultness
- age
- allow
- and
- assume
- attain
- bear
- bland
- blandness
- chicken
- clemency
- clement
- come
- compassion
- compassionate
- cut
- discretion
- easy-going
- estate
- fade
- favor
- flat
- flower
- forbearance
- forbearing
- full
- gentle
- gentleness
- give
- grown
- gustless
- have
- his
- indulge
- indulgence
- indulgency
- indulgent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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