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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mild \mild\ mimacld, 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.
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the rosy morn resigns her light
and milder glory to the noon. --waller.
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adore him as a mild and merciful being. --rogers.
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mild steel, or low steel, steel that has but little
carbon in it and is not readily hardened.
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syn: soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant;
placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement;
mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. see gentle.
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see also:
milder mildest mild steel low steel gentle
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