adj
Meaning 1
Gentle and not easily angered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a mild man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mild
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Sound
Pronunciation
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mīld
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/ˈmaɪld/
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CMU ARPABET: M AY1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of only moderate severity; not strict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He received a mild sentence.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not overly felt or seriously intended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 4
Not serious or dangerous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 5
Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a mild day
- mild weather
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Acting gently and without causing harm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a mild anaesthetic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: drink; or a drug; drink; or a drug
Examples
- a mild curry
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a mild winter storm
- a mild fever
- fortunately the pain was mild
- a mild rebuke
- mild criticism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: intense
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
mild and pleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- balmy days and nights
- the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth
- a soft breeze
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: balmy, soft
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- meek and self-effacing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meek, modest
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
113 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: yumşaq — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Azerbaijani: ürəyiyumşaq — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Azerbaijani: mülayim — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Azerbaijani: həlim — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Bulgarian: благ (blag) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Bulgarian: мек (mek) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Catalan: suau — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Chamicuro: pe'cha — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Chinese: 溫和的 — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Chinese: 温和的 — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Czech: mírný — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Dutch: mild — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Dutch: zacht — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Esperanto: milda — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Finnish: lempeä — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Finnish: säyseä — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- French: doux — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- French: douce — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Georgian: რბილი (rbili) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- German: mild — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- German: ausgeglichen — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃 (sutis) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Greek: ήπιος (ípios) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Ancient Greek: πραΰς (praǘs) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Ancient Greek: ἤπιος (ḗpios) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Interlingua: blande — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Irish: séimh — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Italian: delicato — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Italian: delicata — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Italian: mite — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Italian: lene — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Japanese: 穏やか (odayaka) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Japanese: 緩やか (yuruyaka) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Japanese: 温厚 (onkō) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Korean: 온화한 (onhwahan) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Latin: lēnis — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Latin: clēmēns — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Latin: cicur — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Latvian: mīksts — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Latvian: viegls — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Macedonian: благ (blag) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Macedonian: кроток (krotok) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Māori: māhaki — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Māori: ngākau māhaki — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Occitan: suau — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Old English: wēþe — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Persian: ملایم (molâyem) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Plautdietsch: lind — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Polish: łagodny — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Portuguese: suave — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Portuguese: gentil — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Russian: мя́гкий (mjáxkij) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Russian: сла́бый (slábyj) — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Slovak: mierny — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Spanish: suave — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Spanish: leve — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Spanish: lene — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Spanish: lieve — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Tongan: vaivai — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Walloon: doûs — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Walloon: plaijhant — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Walloon: avnant — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Welsh: mwyn — gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
- Finnish: lievä — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- French: léger — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- French: bénin — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- French: bénigne — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- German: mild — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- German: schwach — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Italian: lieve — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Portuguese: leve — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Slovak: mierny — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Spanish: leve — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Spanish: lene — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Spanish: lieve — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Swedish: mild — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Swedish: lätt — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Walloon: nén gråve — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Walloon: ledjir — (illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
- Arabic: مُعْتَدِل (muʕtadil) — warm and pleasant of weather
- Bulgarian: мек (mek) — warm and pleasant of weather
- Bulgarian: умерен (umeren) — warm and pleasant of weather
- Finnish: leuto — warm and pleasant of weather
- French: doux — warm and pleasant of weather
- German: mild — warm and pleasant of weather
- German: zam — warm and pleasant of weather
- Hindi: शीतोष्ण (śītoṣṇa) — warm and pleasant of weather
- Irish: séimh — warm and pleasant of weather
- Māori: hātai — warm and pleasant of weather
- Portuguese: ameno — warm and pleasant of weather
- Slovak: mierny — warm and pleasant of weather
- Spanish: bonancible — warm and pleasant of weather
- Spanish: ameno — warm and pleasant of weather
- Swedish: milt — warm and pleasant of weather
- Walloon: doûs — warm and pleasant of weather
- Finnish: mieto — acting gently and without causing harm
- German: mild — acting gently and without causing harm
- Irish: séimh — acting gently and without causing harm
- Swedish: skonsam — acting gently and without causing harm
- Swedish: mild — acting gently and without causing harm
- Walloon: doûs — acting gently and without causing harm
- Bulgarian: слаб (slab) — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Finnish: mieto — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- German: mild — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Irish: séimh — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Polish: łagodny — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Spanish: suave — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Spanish: no muy alampante — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Spanish: leve — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Spanish: lene — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Spanish: lieve — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Swedish: mild — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor
- Walloon: ledjir — not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor