'Mellow' definitions:
Definition of 'mellow'
(from WordNet)
adverb
(obsolete) in a mellow manner [syn: mellowly, mellow]
adjective
Unhurried and relaxed; "a mellow conversation" [syn: laid-back, mellow]
adjective
Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" [syn: mellow, mellowed]
adjective
Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" [syn: mellow, mellowed]
adjective
Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
adjective
Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) [syn: high, mellow]
verb
Soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
verb
Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" [syn: mellow, melt, mellow out]
verb
Make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
Definition of 'Mellow'
From: GCIDE
- Mellow \Mel"low\, a. [Compar. Mellower; superl. Mellowest.] [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. "Mellow glebe." --Drayton (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. "The mellow horn." --Wordsworth. "The mellow-tasted Burgundy." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light. --Percival. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. [1913 Webster]
- May health return to mellow age. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mellow'
From: GCIDE
- Mellow \Mel"low\, v. i. To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. "Prosperity begins to mellow." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mellow'
From: GCIDE
- Mellow \Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mellowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mellowing.] To make mellow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do not plow it again till April. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mellow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achingly sweet,
- addled,
- advance,
- affable,
- age,
- aged,
- agreeable,
- agreeable-sounding,
- amiable,
- amicable,
- appealing,
- ariose,
- arioso,
- attain majority,
- bear fruit,
- beery,
- bemused,
- besotted,
- blind drunk,
- blissful,
- bloom,
- blossom,
- blow,
- bring to maturity,
- canorous,
- cantabile,
- catchy,
- cheerful,
- come of age,
- come to fruition,
- come to maturity,
- compatible,
- complaisant,
- congenial,
- cordial,
- crapulent,
- crapulous,
- creamy,
- cushion,
- delicate,
- delicious,
- desirable,
- develop,
- developed,
- dizzy,
- drenched,
- drunk,
- drunken,
- dulcet,
- ease,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- eggshell,
- en rapport,
- enjoyable,
- euphonic,
- euphonious,
- euphonous,
- evolute,
- evolve,
- fair,
- fair and pleasant,
- far-gone,
- felicific,
- felicitous,
- fine,
- fine-toned,
- flat,
- flavorful,
- fledge,
- flourish,
- flower,
- fluff,
- flustered,
- fou,
- friendly,
- full,
- full-blown,
- full-flavored,
- full-fledged,
- full-grown,
- fully developed,
- gay,
- genial,
- gentle,
- giddy,
- glorious,
- gloss,
- golden,
- golden-tongued,
- golden-voiced,
- good,
- good-natured,
- goodly,
- gracious,
- grateful,
- gratifying,
- grow,
- grow up,
- happy,
- harmonious,
- heart-warming,
- honeyed,
- in full bloom,
- in liquor,
- inebriate,
- inebriated,
- inebrious,
- intoxicated,
- iridescent,
- jolly,
- jovial,
- juicy,
- knead,
- laxate,
- leave the nest,
- light,
- likable,
- limber,
- limber up,
- liquid,
- loosen,
- luscious,
- mash,
- massage,
- maturate,
- maturated,
- mature,
- matured,
- maudlin,
- melic,
- mellifluent,
- mellifluous,
- mellisonant,
- mellowed,
- mellowy,
- melodic,
- melodious,
- merry,
- mild,
- milden,
- mollified,
- mollify,
- mother-of-pearl,
- muddled,
- music-flowing,
- music-like,
- musical,
- muted,
- nacreous,
- nappy,
- nice,
- nonresistive,
- nonrigid,
- opalescent,
- pale,
- pastel,
- patinaed,
- pearly,
- plangent,
- pleasant,
- pleasant-sounding,
- pleasing,
- pleasurable,
- pleasure-giving,
- pleasureful,
- plump,
- progress,
- pulp,
- pulsing,
- pure,
- quiet,
- reach its season,
- reach manhood,
- reach maturity,
- reach twenty-one,
- reach voting age,
- ready,
- reeling,
- relax,
- resonant,
- resonating,
- rewarding,
- rich,
- ripe,
- ripen,
- ripened,
- rolling,
- sad,
- satisfying,
- season,
- seasoned,
- semigloss,
- settle down,
- shake up,
- shikker,
- silver-toned,
- silver-tongued,
- silver-voiced,
- silvery,
- simple,
- singable,
- smash,
- sober,
- sodden,
- soft,
- soft as putty,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- soften,
- soften up,
- softened,
- somber,
- songful,
- songlike,
- sonorous,
- sotted,
- squash,
- subdue,
- subdued,
- subtle,
- supple,
- sweet,
- sweet-flowing,
- sweet-sounding,
- sweeten,
- temper,
- tempered,
- tender,
- tenderize,
- throbbing,
- tiddly,
- tipsy,
- toga virilis,
- tone down,
- tunable,
- tune down,
- tuneful,
- under the influence,
- vibrant,
- vibrating,
- warm,
- wax,
- welcome,
- whisper-soft