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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mild
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gentle/soft/mild breeze
▪ It was a beautiful day with a blue sky and a gentle breeze.
a minor/mild stroke (=one that does not have very bad effects)
▪ She had a minor stroke five years ago.
a slight/mild reaction
▪ A spider’s venom usually causes only a slight reaction.
meek and mild
▪ He was always so meek and mild.
mild curiosity (=not great)
▪ I watched what was happening with mild curiosity.
mild flirtation
▪ She had no objection to a little mild flirtation.
mild nausea
▪ The tablets can cause mild nausea.
mild panic (=a slight feeling of panic)
▪ There was a note of mild panic in her voice.
mild symptoms
▪ The damage can be detected by a scan even where there are only mild symptoms.
mild
▪ I prefer a sausage with a milder flavour.
mild (=not hot)
▪ Children often enjoy mild curry.
mild (=not too hot and not too cold)
▪ The region's climate is mild all the year round.
mild (=without a strong taste)
▪ The cheese is mild and creamy.
mild
▪ The taste of the leaves is milder than the root.
mild (=not very cold)
▪ Winters here are generally mild.
mild/faint amusement
▪ Daniel looked at her with mild amusement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Mr Greenspan is keen to portray the current slowdown as mild and short-lived.
▪ The grits are good too, as mild as oatmeal, but buttery, and full of body.
▪ What he describes as mild criticism was a serious libel and it was widely disseminated.
▪ He has had four heart attacks since the age of 37, all described as mild.
▪ Certain pain-killers we use - even something as mild and commonplace as aspirin - can be damaging to the cat.
▪ Now, however, they are being formally recognised as mild, but genuine, variations of full-blown psychosis.
only
▪ One third of the patients had only mild symptoms after the initial treatment of their disease.
▪ Oral therapy is a practical means of correcting or preventing hypomagnesemia, particularly in patients with only mild deficits.
▪ The converter had worked so effectively that he suffered only mild carbon monoxide poisoning.
▪ Despite the striking lobular disorganisation and prominent hepatocellular changes, there was only mild inflammation.
relatively
▪ The presence of significant amounts of haemoglobin F has a protective effect against sickling and such individuals express relatively mild disease.
▪ Thus far it has been a relatively mild winter in Baltimore, which is causing the usual whining from the Snow Freaks.
▪ The clause is relatively mild, requiring international agencies to commit themselves to support eradication efforts.
▪ Dried Chilies Ancho: A relatively mild chili with a rich, smoky flavor.
▪ The effect of this shift was a highly synchronized but relatively mild recession.
▪ Here Congress has offered relatively mild encouragement to the States to enact higher minimum drinking ages than they would otherwise choose.
▪ The climate in Gwynedd was relatively mild and the rainfall heavy.
▪ Right tackle Lincoln Kennedy and outside linebacker Rob Fredrickson have relatively mild cases.
so
▪ Polly wondered how she'd failed to notice it before, but then he'd always been so mild to her face.
▪ Most Graves' disease eye symptoms are so mild that treatment is not needed.
▪ Were the West not so mild, the Suns' season would already be over.
▪ Winters had become so mild, he had scarcely had it on his back in recent years.
too
▪ Loggerheads would be too mild a term.
▪ I think it is just because his is too mild and won't make an effort to assert himself.
usually
▪ Around 1 in every 1,000 births are handicapped due to heavy drinking during pregnancy, although the handicap is usually mild rather than severe.
▪ While the hypercalcemia, when present, is usually mild, at times marked elevations in serum calcium have been observed.
▪ Their liver damage is usually mild, dose dependent, and reversible when the drug is stopped.
▪ When caused by a virus, pneumonia is usually mild.
▪ If any side effects are experienced, they are usually mild and temporary.
▪ The stimuli are usually mild, but they are effective if they have been associated in the past with stronger aversive consequences.
▪ It's often accompanied by lower back pain, but this is usually milder than the leg pain.
▪ Although the inflammation is usually mild, on occasions it causes great distress.
very
▪ Peppermint, for example, is extremely powerful, whereas sandalwood is very mild.
▪ The red has a rich, fruity, almost Beaujolais-like flavor, very mild with just a hint of tartness.
▪ Factory made Lancashire cheese can be very mild, but the farmhouse varieties are wonderful.
▪ The white has vaguely sweetish, Gewurztraminer-like aroma and flavor and is also very mild and light on the palate.
▪ Indeed, large deletions of this domain in dystrophin result in only a very mild phenotype.
▪ Like that criterion, it seems very mild.
▪ It was very mild, though, and times were really very good and very optimistic.
▪ She was involved in what I would call very mild drug use.
■ NOUN
amusement
▪ Roy Jenkins, an extremely sensible man who is less vulnerable to criticism than most, regarded the matter with mild amusement.
▪ He stares back, though there is nothing but mild amusement in his glance.
▪ She discovered though that it was not the odd-job man's name which was causing him mild amusement, but her!
▪ Looking at Mungo with mild amusement, Stanley nodded.
case
▪ She didn't have time to deal with hypochondria, even mild cases such as his.
▪ Some people who get the shot do get flu anyway, he said, but gene rally they get much milder cases.
▪ As a child she had suffered from a mild case of polio, which left one leg slightly shorter than the other.
▪ She had a mild case that left her right calf weak.
▪ Right tackle Lincoln Kennedy and outside linebacker Rob Fredrickson have relatively mild cases.
▪ An abdominal binder and elastic hose are helpful in the milder cases.
▪ Doctors thought she had a mild case of cerebral palsy.
▪ Occasionally, children with even mild cases were dressed in casts or splints to immobilize limbs.
climate
▪ Although he made some magnificent paintings and drawings of it he preferred a milder climate to produce his masterpieces.
▪ Once inside, buildings are environmentally sealed off from our much-touted mild climate.
▪ Annual Repeats Annual favourites are self-seeding wildly, thanks to our milder climate, writes Barbara Abbs.
▪ Add a mild climate and miles of beaches where sea-birds swoop on their fishing grounds from lofty cliffs rising from the foam.
▪ However, if we continue to have a milder climate, it could mount a takeover bid in the garden.
▪ Blessed with a fine, mild climate almost vertical vineyards produce the region's finest, most fragrant wines.
▪ The mild climate and the many different habitats support a wide variety of birds and flowers, butterflies and moths.
▪ The hospital's south-facing site was chosen, after much debate, for its healing sea breezes and mild climate.
concussion
▪ She sustained a mild concussion in the game against the Xplosion, and was held out of action.
▪ Parker, who suffered a mild concussion, was monitored overnight by Dodgers officials and by his roommate, pitcher Jim Bruske.
▪ He was treated at Sonoma Valley Hospital for neck pain and a mild concussion, and released.
▪ He was found to have a mild concussion.
depression
▪ The doctor advises that insomnia with resultant irritability and even mild depression may occur.
▪ There are a number of lifestyle changes you can make to improve your chances of beating a mild depression.
▪ Blanche finished almost every press conference or interview in a state of mild depression.
▪ She employed a relentless, deliberate, upward emotionalism that would have left Norman Vincent Peale feeling mild depression.
disease
▪ The presence of significant amounts of haemoglobin F has a protective effect against sickling and such individuals express relatively mild disease.
▪ Most of the patients had clinically mild disease.
▪ Alternatively, this mutation might lead to production of a protein that is only partly functional and causes a milder disease.
▪ It has been suggested that alleles associated with a severe disease are dominated by those that produce mild disease.
dose
▪ It will make the Black Death look like a mild dose of flu.
flavour
▪ I keep one pressed goats' milk cheese, Burndell, which has a creamy texture and a mild flavour.
flirtation
▪ She had enjoyed the camaraderie of colleagues, and the mild flirtation which often underlay it.
▪ Constanze was clearly not ill enough to be incapable of a little mild flirtation!
▪ None the less, an element of mild flirtation makes office life more pleasant.
form
▪ This is a familiar Republican message that Dole echoes in milder form and that resonates with many voters.
▪ The jet lag induces a mild form of hallucination.
▪ Herrera, personally, took no part in this mild form of political persecution.
▪ Most people who contract haemorrhagic dengue have previously been infected with the milder form of the disease.
▪ Alternate mild forms of discipline, such as a frown or a mild reprimand, with timeouts.
▪ Compared with the social services we have been examining, the residue present the institutional problem only in a comparatively mild form.
▪ This was a milder form of social support, moving towards mere social recommendation.
infection
▪ If left untreated, it can cause a mild infection in the baby when it is born.
shock
▪ It came as a mild shock to realise that there was none.
▪ The combination of water and electricity means instant death - not a mild shock - death.
▪ Her voice was balanced precisely between reproof and mild shock.
steel
▪ Copings in aluminium and mild steel, designed for a lifetime of service.
▪ The style was different to ours: they'd used mild steel netting instead of high-tensile wires.
▪ There are two ancient mild steel peg belays here, but they are best ignored in favour of something a touch more modern.
surprise
▪ Jezrael tilted her head fractionally to indicate mild surprise and indifference.
▪ He looked down at Marge in mild surprise.
▪ Forecasts of state tax revenue are beginning to produce mild surprises on the upside.
▪ I pushed against the door, feigned mild surprise at the assistance shown me by some one apparently on his way in.
symptom
▪ One third of the patients had only mild symptoms after the initial treatment of their disease.
▪ However, some patients continue to suffer milder symptoms.
▪ Fifty four children had intermittent or continuing mild symptoms not requiring further prednisone during the first year.
▪ You may perhaps have some mild symptoms of the disease itself.
weather
▪ None of the members has seen such mild weather in winter.
▪ Breakfast is served, each morning, on the shaded terrace in mild weather and there is an elegant dining-room for dinner.
▪ Basic butane picnic stoves are a perfectly safe, reliable and inexpensive choice for mild weather trips.
▪ He slowed his flight north to let the milder weather in the south catch up with him.
▪ We also expect marketing margins to be weaker in the first quarter because of the effect on demand of the generally mild weather.
▪ It could be due to the mild weather that occurred in the autumn when the lambs were conceived, he said.
winter
▪ It is warm all year round, with warm summers, mild winters and moderate rainfall.
▪ Thus far it has been a relatively mild winter in Baltimore, which is causing the usual whining from the Snow Freaks.
▪ It is suited to the warmer climates and milder winters.
▪ We were lucky, it was the mildest winter in years.
▪ But I think the pentas, which will pull through a milder winter, may need to be replaced.
▪ It is a land of gentle summers and mild winters.
▪ However, our recent spate of hot summers and mild winters seems to be redressing the balance somewhat.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Damn" is now only a mild swear word.
▪ a mild cigar
▪ a mild earthquake
▪ a mild English cheese
▪ a mild rebuke
▪ a mild salsa
▪ Her proposals were welcomed by most people, with only mild criticism from a few of her opponents.
▪ It's a smooth, mild coffee, excellent for finishing off a meal.
▪ It seems quite mild for February.
▪ Joe was a mild man who rarely raised his voice.
▪ Lentils have a mild nutty flavor.
▪ Many drug dealers are prepared to take the risk because they know that if they are caught the punishment will be mild.
▪ Some plants will survive outside during a mild winter.
▪ Sunny skies and mild temperatures are predicted.
▪ The doctor thinks Geri has a mild concussion.
▪ Use water and a mild detergent to scrub the mud off.
▪ We had a pretty mild winter last year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Let her eat lunch and then give her a mild tranquilliser.
▪ Others are preceded by mild head injuries or nonspecific infections.
▪ Polly wondered how she'd failed to notice it before, but then he'd always been so mild to her face.
▪ She had a mild case that left her right calf weak.
▪ These patients typically have mild renal insufficiency and diminished urate excretion due to renal tubular damage.
▪ This particular winter the temperature was considered by the Zanskaris to be mild, never dropping below -20°C in the gorge.
▪ Thus mild steel structures, for instance, can generally put up with cracks at least a metre long without breaking.
▪ We were lucky, it was the mildest winter in years.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mild

Mild \Mild\ (m[imac]ld), a. [Compar. Milder; superl. Mildest.] [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.] 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.

Mild steel, or Low steel, steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened.

Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mild

Old English milde "gentle, merciful," from Proto-Germanic *milthjaz- (cognates: Old Norse mildr, Old Saxon mildi, Old Frisian milde, Middle Dutch milde, Dutch mild, Old High German milti, German milde "mild," Gothic mildiþa "kindness"), from PIE *meldh-, from root *mel- "soft," with derivatives referring to soft or softened materials (cognates: Greek malthon "weakling," myle "mill;" Latin molere "to grind;" Old Irish meldach "tender;" Sanskrit mrdh "to neglect," also "to be moist"). Originally of persons and powers; of the weather from c.1400, of disease from 1744. Also in Old English as an adverb, "mercifully, graciously."

Wiktionary
mild

a. 1 gentle and not easily provoked. 2 (context of a rule or punishment English) Of only moderate severity. 3 Not keenly felt or seriously intended. n. (context British English) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

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WordNet
mild

  1. adj. 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" [ant: intense]

  2. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn: meek, modest]

  3. mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth" [syn: balmy]

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Wikipedia
Mild

Mild may refer to:

  • Mild ale, often simply referred to as mild, from the Old English milde, meaning "young" or "immature"
  • Håkan Mild (born 1971), Swedish former footballer and current director of sports of IFK Göteborg
  • Hans Mild (1934–2007), Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player
  • An acronym for Mnemonic induction of lucid dreams, a technique developed by Stephen LaBerge to facilitate the occurrence of lucid dreaming
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Usage examples of "mild".

Contenting themselves, for the most part, with the milder chastisements of imprisonment, exile, or slavery in the mines, they left the unhappy victims of their justice some reason to hope, that a prosperous event, the accession, the marriage, or the triumph of an emperor, might speedily restore them, by a general pardon, to their former state.

Sherry was still in mild disgrace and, with her hands wrapped in acriflavine bandages, she was left in the whaleboat to keep Angelo company.

The old Japan hands who still controlled postsurrender planning anticipated a mild reform agenda at best.

This is a tonic to the kidneys, as well as a diuretic and alterative, and is a mild, but very efficient remedy.

Air Force itself, were suffering a mild form of anomia - the loss of the ability to name an object correctly - as evidenced by their failure to recognize such obviously common things as weather balloons, planets, comets, etc.

However, should it prove too mild in its aperient effects, small doses of Dr.

Burr, himself a victim of mild bibliomania, took most interest in the loaded shelves, along which his eyes travelled with rapid discrimination.

As always she was uncomfortable listening to the mild bickering between Seth and Rhoda, even while she understood the tensions under which they both lived these days.

In another few years, so they said, weather control would be installed on Bocca, and the storms would be scheduled and milder.

The business of the Book Fair continued, and she maneuvered through it in a fog, words like print run, cover art, and mild bookish jokes, washing over her.

She thought alfalfa tea would be good, since it was generally stimulating and refreshing, with some borage flowers and leaves, which made a healthful tonic, and gillyflowers for sweetness and a mild spicy taste.

Mildred because he thought she would tell Bunchy, and he wanted to be independent.

The mild changes of the season, in that lovely clime, affected it not.

If the entire Coven was not present at the appointed hour, she would see to it that they were punished with some mild form of the Vagaries.

They sat down on the hard sand under the cliff at Cush and watched the waves breaking softly and the haze on the horizon and the mild sky.