mixed

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

- a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music

Similar word(s): heterogeneous, heterogenous, assorted, miscellaneous, motley, sundry

2. involving or composed of different races

- a mixed neighborhood

Similar word(s): integrated, interracial

Sentences with mixed as an adjective:

- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.

- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.

- The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.

- My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.

- The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.

- Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of mix