mellow
mellow is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- superlative. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.
- superlative. Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil.
- superlative. Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
- superlative. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
- superlative. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.
- transitive verb. To make mellow.
- intransitive verb. To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.
- verb. make or grow (more) mellow
"These apples need to mellow a bit more"
"The sun mellowed the fruit"
- verb. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
"With age, he mellowed"
- verb. soften, make mellow
"Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
- adjective. slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
- adjective. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
"mellow wisdom"
"the peace of mellow age"
- adjective. having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
"a mellow port"
"mellowed fruit"
- adjective. unhurried and relaxed
"a mellow conversation"
- adverb. (obsolete) in a mellow manner
Synonyms
melt, high, mellowed, mellowly
Common word forms
mellows, mellowed, mellower, mellowly, mellowest, mellowing, mellowness
Words from these letters
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