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mildness

mildness noun: the quality of being mild; gentleness.

Noun

mildness (countable and uncountable, plural mildnesses)

  1. The quality of being mild; gentleness.
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      To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde,
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mildness meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

mildness in Hindi

quality of being mild; gentleness
सौम्यता saumyatā, मार्दव mārdav

mildness in Urdu

نرمی

mildness in Telugu

mildness
మెత్తన mettana

mildness in Malayalam

ശാന്തത, കടുപ്പമില്ലായ്മ, മൃദുലത
More languagesFewer languages
mildness in Kannada
ಸೌಮ್ಯತೆ
mildness in Punjabi
ਧੀਮਾਪਣ dhīmāpaṇ

Forms of mildness

pluralmildnesses

Origin of mildness

From Middle English mildenesse, from Old English mildnes, mildness, equivalent to mild + -ness. Cognate with Old High German miltnissa (“compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity”).

Questions about mildness

What does mildness mean?
Mildness means the quality of being mild; gentleness.
What is mildness in Hindi?
Mildness in Hindi is सौम्यता (saumyatā), मार्दव (mārdav). See Mildness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mildness?
Mildness is a noun.
What is the plural of mildness?
The plural of mildness is mildnesses.

Words near mildness in the dictionary

  1. mildlier
  2. mildliest
  3. mildly
  4. Mildmay
  5. Mildmays
  6. mildness
  7. mildnesses
  8. mildot
  9. mildots
  10. Mildred
  11. mildronate

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mildness (page history and authors); mildness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); మెత్తన (Telugu) (page history and authors); mildness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mildness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਧੀਮਾਪਣ (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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