Definitions for: Mild

[adj] mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"
[adj] 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"
[adj] humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: balmy, clement, gentle, humble, meek, mild-mannered, moderate, modest, temperate

Antonyms: intense

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