mellow
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. unhurried and relaxed
- a mellow conversation
Similar word(s): relaxed
2. having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
- a mellow port
- mellowed fruit
Similar word(s): mature, ripe, mellowed
3. softened through age or experience
- mellow wisdom
- the peace of mellow age
Similar word(s): soft, mellowed
4. slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug.
Similar word(s): drunk, gone, inebriated, intoxicated, ripped, high
Sentences with mellow as an adjective:
- a mellow apple
- a mellow soil
noun
1. A relaxed mood.
verb
1. soften, make mellow
- Age and experience mellowed him over the years
Definition categories: change, soften
2. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
- With age, he mellowed
Similar word(s): melt
Definition categories: change
3. make or grow (more) mellow
- These apples need to mellow a bit more
- The sun mellowed the fruit