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ADJECTIVE mild COMPARATIVE milder SUPERLATIVE mildest
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mild English

Meaning mild meaning

What does mild mean?
Definitions in simple English

mild

If something is mild, it is not strong or extreme. I like the mild taste of bananas; the taste is not too strong.

mild

moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme a mild winter storm a mild fever fortunately the pain was mild a mild rebuke mild criticism (= balmy, soft) mild and pleasant balmy days and nights the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth a soft breeze (= meek) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness meek and self-effacing

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Simple sentences

We had a mild winter last year.
Spring brings mild weather after the cold winter.
Generally speaking, the climate of Japan is mild.
Surrounded by the sea, Japan has a mild climate.
That country has a mild climate.
This is a very mild coffee.
We are having a mild winter.
This winter has been mild.
The climate of this town is so mild that the thermometer seldom rises to thirty degrees, even in midsummer.
This country has a mild climate.
The climate here is mild.
An umbrella is useful in a mild rain, but when it rains cats and dogs an umbrella is of little help.
The climate here is very mild, and snow seldom falls even in winter.
The climate of Japan is mild.
It may be said, as a rule, that the climate of Japan is mild.
Generally speaking, the climate here is mild.
Generally speaking, the climate in England is mild.
The climate is mild in this country.
Japan has a mild climate.
He has a mild nature.

Movie subtitles

I have a mild sativa in there that'll calm you down. and maybe inspire you to pick up guitar.
Yes, I think you better sleep for an hour and rest. and then take a mild bromide.
A mild, lovely Sunday, Edward.
After all, it's mild.
Well, the boom we're gonna have after this one'll make the last look like a mild flurry.
All I want's a good job, a mild future and a house big enough for me and my wife.
In a mild way.
I have noticed before, captain, that you have shown a little disrespect. But I have been mild enough to attribute it to your foreign breeding.
The doc usually says it's just a mild ulcer, and that there's no real need to operate.
Um. it looks like you've got a mild ulcer.
I just told you, it's a mild ulcer.
It's very mild.
Mild and bitter. - There.
A mild charge of electricity, Mr. Land -- not very hospitable, but harmless.
Something mild.
Bring the lady something mild.
God gave him a mild death.
But I have been mild enough to attribute it to your foreign breeding.
The person of the princess, seen by him only on this painted medallion, bespeaks a maiden of so mild and gentle a nature. That our king already anticipates a love match.
A mild charge of electricity.
To bring us the mild red wine.
But after this demonstration, I think my diagnosis was entirely too mild.
A mug of mild and bitter.
It's just mild hysteria.
O, he was gentle, mild and virtuous.
But if she be obdurate to mild entreaties. God in heaven forbid we should infringe the holy privilege of blessed sanctuary!
It's a mild day, Starbuck.
Mild-looking sky.
Have they not such mild blue days even as this in old New Bedford?
But it is a mild day. and a mild-looking sky.
Just a mild catarrh.
It was mild.

News and current affairs

This is all the more remarkable given that the crisis in the UK was comparatively mild.
Overall, after almost 25 years of stunning prosperity, punctuated by only two mild recessions, most Americans feel pretty confident about their economic situation.
A mild recession is expected in Europe this year, and unemployment is on the rise.
But, however well defined, clinical depression is many things to many people, varying from mild to severe.
Mild depression can result in brooding on negative aspects of self or others, feeling resentful, irritable or angry much of the time, feeling sorry for oneself, and needing constant reassurance from someone.
Indeed, when the UN Security Council formally demanded a stop to the enrichment program and imposed mild sanctions last December, Iran's defiant answer was to increase enrichment activity.
STANFORD - In the 25 years before the Great Recession of 2008-2009, the United States experienced two brief, mild recessions and two strong, long expansions.
We would have to set the thresholds for psychiatric diagnosis a lot higher, resurrecting the distinction between chronic illness and mild suffering.
There could be a real disaster if US growth woes turn today's mild downward pressures into something much more serious.
That might also help mitigate the impact of larger shocks and increase the net return potential during severe shocks (though it might also lower the return potential for more mild shocks).
Indeed, the Fed's monetary policy has not been sufficient to stave off a US recession, albeit one that remains so mild that many doubt whether it qualifies as the real animal.
Similarly, some argue that the country needs a mild dose of inflation, while Japan's central bank continues to resist the very idea that inflation could ameliorate any economic problem.
But my research group found just the opposite: it is a mild predictor at best, and some rational thinking skills are totally dissociated from intelligence.
Though there is little evidence of the importance of small changes in real interest rates, the effect of even mild deflation on real debt, year after year, can be significant.
The problem is that the tests must be administered by a trained neuropsychologist and take more than an hour to complete; moreover, many people with mild cognitive impairment do not progress to dementia.
If the US tips from mild recession into deep recession, the global deflationary implications will cancel out some of the inflationary pressures the world is facing.
But inflation pressures will be even worse if the US recession remains mild and global growth remains solid.
Bond-market crashes have actually been relatively rare and mild.
But the risks it faces are mild when compared with the chronic instability and acute threats facing much of the rest of the world.
When asked in opinion polls, they show mild surprise that, all of a sudden, they should declare their European affiliation.
Second, there is a continuing structural imbalance between the way Europe looks at America, i.e., with passion and concern, and the way America looks at Europe, i.e., with mild interest giving way to growing indifference.
Soft spoken, mild mannered, thoughtful, and with a wonderful sense of humor, Tajbakhsh is portrayed by the Iranian government as a ravenous wolf ready to devour the regime.
The government issued no a formal statement about Zadari's health, but his supporters disclosed that he had suffered a mild stroke, which left him unconscious for several minutes.

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