mild Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective 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
  2. adjective satellite humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
    modest; meek.
    • meek and self-effacing
  3. adjective satellite mild and pleasant
    soft; balmy.
    • balmy days and nights
    • the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth
    • a soft breeze

WordNet

Mild adjective
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
comparative Milder ; superlative Mildest
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Syn. -- Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle.

Webster 1913