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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme;
- Example: "a mild winter storm"
- Example: "a mild fever"
- Example: "fortunately the pain was mild"
- Example: "a mild rebuke"
- Example: "mild criticism"

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

3. mild and pleasant;
- Example: "balmy days and nights"
- Example: "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"
- Example: "a soft breeze"
[syn: balmy, mild, soft]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         The rosy morn resigns her light
         And milder glory to the noon.            --Waller.
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         Adore him as a mild and merciful Being.  --Rogers.
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   Mild steel, or Low steel, steel that has but little
      carbon in it and is not readily hardened.
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   Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant;
        placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement;
        mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mild
    adj 1: 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, mild, modest]
    3: mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was
       mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze" [syn:
       balmy, mild, soft]