Meaning & Definition of Mellow in English
English⟶
Mellow
/mɛloʊ/
verb
1. Soften, make mellow
- "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
synonym:
- mellow
2. Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
- "With age, he mellowed"
synonym:
- mellow,
- melt,
- mellow out
3. Make or grow (more) mellow
- "These apples need to mellow a bit more"
- "The sun mellowed the fruit"
synonym:
- mellow
adjective
1. Unhurried and relaxed
- "A mellow conversation"
synonym:
- laid-back,
- mellow
2. Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
- "A mellow port"
- "Mellowed fruit"
synonym:
- mellow,
- mellowed
3. Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
- "Mellow wisdom"
- "The peace of mellow age"
synonym:
- mellow,
- mellowed
4. Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
- "Mellow wisdom"
- "The peace of mellow age"
synonym:
- mellow
5. Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
synonym:
- high,
- mellow
adverb
1. (obsolete) in a mellow manner
synonym:
- mellowly,
- mellow
Examples of using
Don't tell me to mellow out.