Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈmɛləʊ/
  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /ˈmɛloʊ/

Ingen översättning hittades i den valda målspråket.

Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
  2. Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid.
  3. Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued, soft, rich, delicate; said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
  4. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
  5. Relaxed; calm; easygoing; laid-back.
  6. Warmed by liquor, slightly intoxicated; or, stoned, high.

Substantiv

  1. A relaxed mood.

Verb

  1. (transitive) To make mellow; to relax or soften.
  2. (intransitive) To become mellow.

Exempel

  • a mellow apple
  • a mellow soil
  • flowers of rank and mellow glebe
  • the mellow horn
  • the mellow-tasted Burgundy
  • The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues / Heaven with all freaks of light.
  • May health return to mellow age.
  • as merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound
  • Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
  • Yet, conversely, some people searched for the mellow ... Hope for flower power had faded, though the journey into the mellow did not
  • On their third date, Lizzie had actually said to him, "You're sort of harshing my mellow." It made him wonder if she might be stupid, and not just young.
  • The fervour of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipmellowedImperfektmellowed
PresensparticipmellowingPluralmellows
KomparativmellowerKomparativmore mellow
SuperlativmellowestSuperlativmost mellow
Tredje person singular indicativ presensmellowsTredje person singular indicativ presensmelloweth

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