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Overview of adj mild

      »   The adj mild has 3 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• mild -- (Moderate1.) Centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist -- (a person who takes a position in the political center)
  
  1.) Moderate, chair, lead -- (preside over; "John moderated the discussion")
  
  moderate in Type1.) Type -- (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?")
  
  2.) Character, eccentric, type, case -- (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case")
  
  type or Degree1.) Degree, grade, level -- (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree")
  
  2.) Degree, level, stage, point -- (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?")
  
  degree or Effect1.) Consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event")
  
  2.) Impression, effect -- (an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting")
  
  effect or Force1.) Military unit, military force, military group, force -- (a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men")
  
  2.) Power, force -- (one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil")
  
  force; far from Extreme1.) Extreme -- (the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes")
  
  2.) Extreme point, extreme, extremum -- (the point located farthest from the middle of something)
  
  extreme; "a mild Winter1.) Winter, wintertime -- (the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox)
  
  1.) Winter, overwinter -- (spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island")
  
  winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "Fortunately1.) Fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would have it -- (by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good")
  
  fortunately the Pain1.) Pain, hurting -- (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension")
  
  2.) Pain, painfulness -- (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness")
  
  pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism")

• meek, mild, Modest1.) Modest -- (marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals")
  
  2.) Modest, small -- (not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way")
  
  modest -- (Humble1.) Humble -- (cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him")
  
  2.) Humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase -- (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss")
  
  humble in Spirit1.) Spirit -- (the vital principle or animating force within living things)
  
  2.) Spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell -- (the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason")
  
  spirit or Manner1.) Manner, mode, style, way, fashion -- (how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion")
  
  2.) Manner, personal manner -- (a way of acting or behaving)
  
  manner; suggesting Retiring1.) Retire -- (go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68")
  
  2.) Retire, withdraw -- (withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess")
  
  retiring mildness or even Cowed1.) Overawe, cow -- (subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats))
  
  1.) Browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog, intimidated -- (frightened into submission or compliance)
  
  cowed submissiveness; "Meek1.) Meek, mild, modest -- (humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing")
  
  2.) Meek, tame -- (very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes)
  
  meek and self-effacing")

• balmy, mild, Soft1.) Soft -- (yielding readily to pressure or weight)
  
  2.) Soft -- (compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children")
  
  soft -- (mild and Pleasant1.) Pleasant -- (affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "a pleasant person to be around"; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations")
  
  2.) Pleasant -- (pleasant in manner or behavior; "I didn`t enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around")
  
  pleasant; "balmy Days1.) Days, years -- (the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years")
  
  1.) Day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day -- (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day")
  
  days and nights"; "the Climate1.) Climate, clime -- (the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter")
  
  2.) Climate, mood -- (the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election")
  
  climate was mild and Conducive1.) Conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary -- (tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor")
  
  conducive to Life1.) Life -- (a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life")
  
  2.) Life -- (the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others")
  
  life or growth"; "a Soft1.) Soft -- (yielding readily to pressure or weight)
  
  2.) Soft -- (compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children")
  
  soft breeze")