[ UK /mˈa‍ɪld/ ]
[ US /ˈmaɪɫd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
    meek and self-effacing
  2. mild and pleasant
    the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth
    a soft breeze
    balmy days and nights
  3. moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
    a mild rebuke
    a mild winter storm
    a mild fever
    mild criticism
    fortunately the pain was mild
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How To Use mild In A Sentence

  • Second, at the same time, I'm somewhat surprised and mildly appalled that this story hasn't generated a lot of buzz in the blogosphere.
  • A mild fit of calenture seizes him, in which he deems that the ground so far below, is on a level with the tower, and would as lief walk off the tower into the air as not. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • But there was an element of delusion, mild trickery even, about this process.
  • Oh, and most of the scathe in my post was fairly mild. chouinard and I tend to substitute perjoratives for ... everything, actually. Book Reviewer Backlash
  • So asking them to use mild soaps and weaning them away from perfumes and deodorants is our primary task,’ he said.
  • The helicopter then touches down so that the same man, known as a mugger, can dash in and use a syringe to administer a mild sedative to the animal. Craigdailypress.com stories
  • Musculature of legs was in a constant mild clonus, and the right foot was kept in position of talipes equinovarus. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
  • Outlook for tomorrow and Sunday: Mainly dry and mild, with sunny intervals after clearance of any early mist or fog.
  • Because it improves digestion but does not heat the body, Amla-Berry is ideal for calming mild to moderate hyperacidity.
  • Make a Mobius strip out of a ribbon of mild steel and magnetise it.
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