mild
/ˈmaɪld/
mild adjective: gentle and not easily angered.
Adjective
mild (comparative milder, superlative mildest)
- Gentle and not easily angered
- a mild man
- Of only moderate severity; not strict.
- He received a mild sentence.
- Conciliatory, nonpolemical; gentle in tone.
- Between 1890 and 1910 his political writing became distinctly milder in tone as his mind moved in the direction of evolutionary socialism.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- Not overly felt or seriously intended.
- I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Not serious or dangerous.
- I learn that mental retardation is classified in four levels: mild, moderate, severe, and profound.2002, Rachel Simon, Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey
- NPDR can be further classified as mild, moderate, severe, or very severe, which can help predict how quickly the patient may progress to proliferative (neovascular) diabetic retinopathy (PDR).2003, Janice A. Gault, Ophthalmology Pearls
- Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
- a mild day
- mild weather
- Acting gently and without causing harm.
- a mild anaesthetic
- Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.
- a mild curry
Noun
mild (plural milds)
- A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
- 'Let me get this for the lady,' I said to Fange, who was pulling her a pint of mild.1998, Robert Rankin, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag, page 112
- But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong.2011, Pete Brown, Three Sheets to the Wind
mild meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mild in Hindi
- warm and pleasant of weather
- शीतोष्ण śītoṣṇa
mild in Tamil
- அடக்கமான, கனிவான, மிதமான, மேலான, மேலோட்டம்
mild in Marathi
- mild, pale
- कोवळे kovḷe
- a mild, simple, or inoffensive person
- गोगलगाय gogalgāy
- mild, gentle
- मंद manda
mild in Urdu
- mild
- ہلکا halkā, نرم narm
More languagesFewer languages
- mild in Bengali
- ঢিমা ḍhima, হালকা halka
- mild in Telugu
- సౌమ్యము saumyamu
- mild in Malayalam
- ശാന്തമായ, തീവ്രതയില്ലാത്ത, മധ്യമമായ, ഇടത്തരമായ
- mild in Kannada
- ಹಗುರು haguru
- mild in Punjabi
- ਧੀਮਾ dhīmā
- mild in Arabic
- مُعْتَدِل muʕtadil
- mild in Persian
- ملایم molâyem
Examples of mild in a sentence
- What spice level do you want for your pad thai? I recommend mild.
- The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.
- Use a mild cleanser, but pick something with enough oomph to do the job.
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Forms of mild
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | milder |
| superlative | mildest |
| alternative form (obsolete) | milde |
| Noun | |
| plural | milds |
Origin of mild
From Middle English milde, from Old English milde (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, pound, grind”). Cognate with Scots mild, myld (“mild”), Saterland Frisian milde (“mild”), West Frisian myld (“mild”), Dutch mild (“mild”), Low German milde (“mild”), German mild (“mild”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål mild (“mild”), Icelandic mildur (“mild”), Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”), Lithuanian malonus (“pleasing, pleasant, kind”), Old Norse mildr.
Words formed from mild
Phrases with mild
Words that rhyme with mild
Questions about mild
- What does mild mean?
- Mild means gentle and not easily angered.
- What is mild in Hindi?
- Mild in Hindi is शीतोष्ण (śītoṣṇa). See Mild meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mild?
- Mild can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce mild?
- Mild is pronounced /ˈmaɪld/.
Words near mild in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mild (page history and authors); mild (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कोवळे (Marathi) (page history and authors); نرم (Urdu) (page history and authors); ঢিমা (Bengali) (page history and authors); సౌమ్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); mild (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಹಗುರು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਧੀਮਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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