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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MILD, a. [The primary sense is soft or smooth, L. mollis, Eng. mellow.]
1. Soft; gently and pleasantly affecting the senses; not violent; as a mild air; a mild sun; a mild temperature; a mild light.
The rosy morn resigns her light
And milder glory to the noon.
And with a milder gleam refreshed the sight.
2. Not acrid, pungent, corrosive or drastic; operating gently; not acrimonious; demulcent; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive; as a mild liquor; a mild cataplasm; a mild cathartic or emetic.
3. Tender and gentle in temper or disposition; kind; compassionate; merciful; clement; indulgent; not severe or cruel.
It teaches us to adore him as a mild and merciful Being.
4. Not fierce, rough or angry; as mild words.
5. Placid; not fierce; not stern; not frowning; as a mild look or aspect.
6. Not sharp, tart, sour or bitter; moderately sweet or pleasant to the taste; as mild fruit.
7. Calm; tranquil. When passion subsides the temper becomes mild.
8. Moderate; not violent or intense; as a mild heat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism" [ant: intense]
2: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn: meek, mild, modest]
3: mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze" [syn: balmy, mild, soft]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English milde; akin to Greek malthakos soft, Latin mollis — more at melt Date: before 12th century 1. gentle in nature or behavior <has a mild disposition> 2. a. (1) moderate in action or effect <a mild sedative> (2) not sharp, spicy, or bitter <mild cheese> <mild ale> b. not being or involving what is extreme <an analysis under mild conditions> 3. not severe ; temperate <a mild climate> <mild symptoms of disease> • mildly adverb • mildness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (esp. of a person) gentle and conciliatory. 2 (of a rule, punishment, illness, feeling, etc.) moderate; not severe. 3 (of the weather, esp. in winter) moderately warm. 4 a (of food, tobacco, etc.) not sharp or strong in taste etc. b Brit. (of beer) not strongly flavoured with hops (cf. BITTER). 5 (of medicine) operating gently. 6 tame, feeble; lacking energy or vivacity. Phrases and idioms: mild steel steel containing a small percentage of carbon, strong and tough but not readily tempered. Derivatives: milden v.tr. & intr. mildish adj. mildness n. Etymology: OE milde f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mild Mild, 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; 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. Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mild Mild, 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; 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. Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(milder, mildest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Mild is used to describe something such as a feeling, attitude, or illness that is not very strong or severe. Teddy turned to Mona with a look of mild confusion... Anna put up a mild protest... ? extreme ADJ: usu ADJ n • mildly Josephine must have had the disease very mildly as she showed no symptoms. ADV: usu ADV adj/adv, also ADV after v 2. A mild person is gentle and does not get angry easily. He is a mild man, who is reasonable almost to the point of blandness. ? aggressive ADJ: usu ADJ n • mildly 'I'm not meddling,' Kenworthy said mildly, 'I'm just curious.' ADV: ADV after v 3. Mild weather is pleasant because it is neither extremely hot nor extremely cold. The area is famous for its very mild winter climate. ? severe, harsh ADJ 4. You describe food as mild when it does not taste or smell strong, sharp, or bitter, especially when you like it because of this. This cheese has a soft, mild flavour. ...a mild curry powder. ? strong ADJ 5. see also mildly

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Tender, kind, gentle, merciful, clement, compassionate, indulgent, pacific. 2. Soft, gentle, bland, pleasant, suave. 3. Placid, calm, tranquil, soft, gentle, pleasant, kind. 4. Soft, gentle, pleasant. 5. Lenitive, assuasive, mollifying, soothing, emollient, demulcent.

Moby Thesaurus

Saturnian, accepting, aestival, affable, agreeable, amiable, balmy, benign, benignant, bland, blood-hot, blood-warm, bonhomous, bright, broken, calid, calm, calming, chastened, choice, clement, compassionate, complaisant, conciliatory, cordial, dainty, dead, deferential, delicate, demulcent, dilute, diluted, docile, domesticated, dovelike, easy, easy-natured, easygoing, emollient, equable, equatorial, exquisite, fade, faint, fair, flat, flavorless, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, gruelly, halcyon, housebroken, humane, humble, inane, indifferent, indulgent, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, judicious, kind, kindly, lamblike, lax, lenient, lenitive, luke, lukewarm, meek, mellow, mellowy, merciful, mild as milk, milk-and-water, moderate, modest, mollified, mollifying, nonresistive, nonrigid, nonviolent, obeisant, obliging, pacific, pacifistic, pappy, passive, patient, peaceable, peaceful, placid, pleasant, prudent, pulpy, quiet, room-temperature, sapless, savorless, serene, smooth, sober, soft, soft as putty, softened, softening, soothing, spiceless, stale, subdued, submissive, subservient, subtropical, summery, sunny, sunshiny, sweet, sweet-tempered, tame, tamed, tasteless, temperate, tender, tepid, thermal, thermic, thin, toasty, tolerant, tractable, tranquil, tropical, unassuming, unflavored, unfrozen, unsavory, vapid, warm, warm as toast, warmish, washy, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, well-natured, whisper-soft, wishy-washy, yielding