[
US
/ˈmɛɫoʊd/
]
[ UK /mˈɛləʊd/ ]
[ UK /mˈɛləʊd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
mellowed fruit
a mellow port -
softened through age or experience
the peace of mellow age
mellow wisdom
How To Use mellowed In A Sentence
- Although he has mellowed a little since then, he is still a long way from being easy listening. Times, Sunday Times
- My chicken curry looked appetising and the sauce was suitably tangy, with a welcome kick mellowed by the flavour of lime.
- He said he was a changed man, that he had mellowed and matured. The Sun
- He was a cool drink of charcoal-mellowed whiskey with a slow drawl.
- His expression has mellowed and he listens calmly as I begin to tell my story.
- It's clear that age hasn't mellowed him, only sharpened his observations.
- Has age mellowed your desire to consume? Times, Sunday Times
- When the children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little.
- Oriental rugs with their mellowed tones will harmonize with almost any color.
- Both have a sprinkling of lighter and darker hues, subtleties that come when a house has mellowed over centuries. Times, Sunday Times