- mellow
- [[t]me̱loʊ[/t]]
mellower, mellowest, mellows, mellowing, mellowed1) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n/colour Mellow is used to describe things that have a pleasant, soft, rich colour, usually red, orange, yellow, or brown.
...a classic Queen Anne house of mellow red brick with a white portico.
...this mellow Cotswold manor house.
...the softer, mellower light of evening.
2) ADJ-GRADED A mellow sound or flavour is pleasant, smooth, and rich.His voice was deep and mellow and his speech had a soothing and comforting quality.
...the mellow background music.
...a delightfully mellow, soft and balanced wine.
3) V-ERG If someone mellows or if something mellows them, they become kinder or less extreme in their behaviour, especially as a result of growing older.He became a taciturn man, a man not easy to live with. Later, when the older children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little...
[V n] Marriage had not mellowed him.
ADJ-GRADEDMellow is also an adjective.Is she more mellow and tolerant?
4) ADJ-GRADED If someone is mellow, they feel very relaxed and cheerful, especially as the result of alcohol or good food. [INFORMAL]He'd had a few glasses of champagne himself and was fairly mellow...
At the other tables couples were now in a mellow mood, chattering happily and drinking.
English dictionary. 2008.
