mellow
/ˈmɛloʊ/ adjective C1- Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp. · a mellow apple
- Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
- Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.
- Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.
- Fruitful and warm.
- Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.
- Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle.
- Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, calm, relaxed.
Comparative mellower · Superlative mellowest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I’ve heard of you,” said he in a voice which was not quite English and not quite American, but was altogether mellow and pleasing.
Its windows looked east and west; through the west one, looking out on the back yard, came a flood of mellow June sunlight; but the east one, whence you got a glimpse of the bloom white cherry-trees in the left orchard and nodding, slender birches down in the hollow by the brook, was greened over by a tangle of vines.
The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.
Outside in the garden, which was full of mellow sunset light streaming through the dark old firs to the west of it, stood Anne and Diana, gazing bashfully at each other over a clump of gorgeous tiger lilies.
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