mellow
verb
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
soften, make mellow
Age and experience mellowed him over the years
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
- mellow causes
- mellowing derivation
- mellow out verb group
Sense 2 adjective
unhurried and relaxed
a mellow conversation
Related & opposite
- mellowness derivation
- relaxed similar to
Sense 3 adverb
(obsolete) in a mellow manner
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
With age, he mellowed
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
a mellow port
Related & opposite
- mellowness derivation
- ripe similar to
Sense 6 verb
make or grow (more) mellow
These apples need to mellow a bit more
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
- mellowing derivation
Sense 7 adjective
having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
mellow wisdom
Related & opposite
- mellowness derivation
- mature similar to
Sense 8 adjective
having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
mellow wisdom
Related & opposite
- mellowness derivation
- fullness derivation
- soft similar to
Sense 9 adjective
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
Related & opposite
- mellowness derivation
- high derivation
- drunk similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | mellow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mellowing |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | mellow out |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mellowness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | relaxed |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | mellowed |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mellowing |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | mellow |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mellowness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | ripe |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mellowing |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | mellowness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | mature |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | mellowness |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | fullness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | soft |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | mellowness |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | high |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | drunk |