 mellow |
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| 1. | [ verb ] become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial | |
| Synonyms: | melt mellow_out | |
| Examples: | "With age, he mellowed" |
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| Related terms: | change soften | |
| 2. | [ verb ] soften, make mellow | |
| Examples: | "Age and experience mellowed him over the years" |
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| Related terms: | soften | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) | |
| Synonyms: | high | |
| Related terms: | intoxicated | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] having or suggesting softness and richness in quality | |
| Synonyms: | mellowing | |
| Examples: | "a mellow sound" "the mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn"- Thomas Hardy "a mellowing sun" |
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| Related terms: | soft | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience | |
| Synonyms: | mellowed | |
| Examples: | "mellow wisdom" "the peace of mellow age" |
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| Related terms: | mature | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging | |
| Synonyms: | mellowed | |
| Examples: | "a mellow port" "mellowed fruit" |
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| Related terms: | ripe | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] unhurried and relaxed | |
| Synonyms: | laid-back easygoing | |
| Examples: | "an easygoing pace" "a mellow conversation" |
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| Related terms: | relaxed | |
| 8. | [ adverb ] (obsolete) in a mellow manner | |
| Synonyms: | mellowly | |
| Related terms: | archaism | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] unhurried and relaxed | |
| Synonyms: | laid-back easygoing | |
| Examples: | "an easygoing pace" "a mellow conversation" |
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| Related terms: | relaxed | |
| 10. | [ verb ] make or grow (more) mellow | |
| Examples: | "These apples need to mellow a bit more" "The sun mellowed the fruit" |
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| Related terms: | modify soften mellowing | |
| Similar spelling: |
Mello Melo Mell Mel mewl Meli Mele Mehl meal Meola Meloy Melle Mella Melia melee mealy Meahl mallow Mellie mealie Mealey |
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