Thesaurus: mild

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1. superl. 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.
2. adj. moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
3. adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
4. adj. mild and pleasant
5. 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.
6. Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderatein degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating,violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, amild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mildinsanity.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 isnot readily hardened.
7. j:100 a. moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme