Verb
- 1. mellow, soften
- usage: soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
- 2. mellow, melt, mellow out, change
- usage: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
- 3. mellow, soften
- usage: make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
Adjective
- 1. laid-back, mellow, relaxed (vs. tense)
- usage: unhurried and relaxed; "a mellow conversation"
- 2. mellow, mellowed, ripe (vs. green), mature
- usage: having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"
- 3. mellow, mellowed, mature (vs. immature)
- usage: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
- 4. mellow, soft (vs. hard)
- usage: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
- 5. high, mellow, intoxicated (vs. sober), drunk, inebriated
- usage: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
Adverb
- 1. mellowly, mellow
- usage: (obsolete) in a mellow manner
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