Mellow - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmeləʊ|  American pronunciation of the word mellow
Brit.  |ˈmeləʊ|  British pronunciation of the word mellow

verb

- soften, make mellow
Age and experience mellowed him over the years
- become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial (syn: melt)
With age, he mellowed
- make or grow (more) mellow
These apples need to mellow a bit more
The sun mellowed the fruit

adverb

- in a mellow manner

adjective

- unhurried and relaxed
a mellow conversation
- having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
a mellow port
mellowed fruit
- softened through age or experience
mellow wisdom
the peace of mellow age
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) (syn: high)

Extra examples

The painting captures the mellow light of a summer evening.

This wine is very mellow.

He was in a mellow mood.

She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she became mellower in her old age.

He's a very mellow guy.

After a couple of drinks we all started feeling pretty mellow.

She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she has mellowed in her old age.

The wine needs time to mellow.

She was a tough and demanding teacher, but old age has mellowed her.

Paul's certainly mellowed over the years.

Two pints of beer had mellowed my father.

The bricks had mellowed to a soft red.

Age and experience mellowed him over the years

With age, he mellowed

These apples need to mellow a bit more

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: mellow
he/she/it: mellows
present participle: mellowing
past tense: mellowed
past participle: mellowed
adjective
comparative: mellower
superlative: mellowest
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