mellow
Meaning of mellow
adjective
- (especially of a sound, flavour, or colour) pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness.
she was hypnotized by the mellow tone of his voice
slow cooking gives the dish a sweet, mellow flavour
- (of a person's character) tempered by maturity or experience.
a more mellow personality
- (of earth) rich and loamy.
to most farmers, soil has good tilth when it is mellow and granular and crumbles easily in the hand
- make or become mellow.
even a warm sun could not mellow the North Sea breeze
fuller-flavoured whiskies mellow with wood maturation
late Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, sweet, and juicy’): perhaps from attributive use of Old English melu, melw- (see meal2). The verb dates from the late 16th century.
Information about mellow
- The plural form of mellow is: mellows.
- Languages in which mellow is used:
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Hyphenation of mellow
mel-low
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- mellow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
mellow synonyms
Meaning mellowed:
Meaning high:
Meaning melt:
Meaning mellowly:
Meaning (especially of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically):
Meaning having a pleasing tune; melodious:
Meaning (of sound, especially speech) pleasing to the ear:
Meaning (of a singing voice) using a light register:
Meaning relating to or characterized by melody:
Meaning (of a sound) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear:
Meaning (of a voice or sound) mellow, deep, and rich:
Meaning (of food or drink) without harshness or bitterness:
Meaning of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature:
Meaning containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space:
Meaning (of a colour, sound, smell, etc.) pleasantly deep or strong:
Meaning another term for mellifluous:
Meaning showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with:
Meaning characterized by friendliness and absence of discord:
Meaning having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner:
Meaning feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy:
Meaning friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to:
Meaning courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status:
Meaning having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character:
Meaning giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment:
Meaning kind, warm-hearted, or gentle:
Meaning make or become less tense or anxious:
Meaning make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe:
Meaning resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem):
Meaning (with reference to certain foods or drinks) become or cause to become ready for consumption:
Meaning make or become better:
Meaning make or become soft or softer:
Meaning make or become sweet or sweeter, especially in taste:
Meaning have a significant influence on or determine (the manner or outcome of something):
Meaning make (wood) suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content to that of the environment in which it will be used:
Meaning (with reference to an alcoholic drink, cheese, etc.) mature or allow to mature:
mellow antonyms
Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Words that rhyme with mellow
Allhallow, allow, ballow, behallow, betallow, callow, disallow, dishallow, encallow, enhallow, enwallow, fallow, gallow, hallow, mackallow, mallow, marshmallow, preallow, preswallow, reallow, refallow, rehallow, reswallow, rewallow, sallow, shallow, swallow, tallow, twifallow, unallow, uncallow, unhallow, unsallow, upswallow, wallow, waxmallow, yallow, Bellow, Fellow, Longfellow, Oddfellow, Rockafellow, Yellow, bedfellow, bellow, benchfellow, blackfellow, boonfellow, chamberfellow, clanfellow
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