Word Meanings - MELLOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. 1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple. 2. Hence: Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. "Mellow glebe."

Additional info about word: MELLOW

cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. 1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple. 2. Hence: Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. "Mellow glebe." Drayton Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. "The mellow horn." Wordsworth. "The mellow-tasted Burgundy." Thomson. The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light. Percival. 3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. May health return to mellow age. Wordsworth. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W. Irving. 4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. Addison.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MELLOW)

• Maudlin
• Intoxicated
• temulent
• sentimental
• mawkish
• mellow
• Ripe
• Perfect
• developed
• full
• matured
• seasoned
• ready
• prepared
• mature
• advanced
• consummate

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of MELLOW)

• Neglect
• drop
• interrupt
• nullify
• undo
• baffle
• frustrate
• mar
• defeat
• spoil

Related words: (words related to MELLOW)

• CONSUMMATELY
  In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.
• MATURENESS
  The state or quality of being mature; maturity.
• MAWKISHLY
  In a mawkish way.
• PERFECT
  Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence , a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord , a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly
• MATURITY
  1. The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan. 2. Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due; termination of the period a note,
• FRUSTRATE
  Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak. (more info) to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr,
• MELLOWY
  Soft; unctuous. Drayton.
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• SENTIMENTALLY
  In a sentimental manner.
• PREPARATIVELY
  By way of preparation.
• INTERRUPTION
  1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to
• MAWKISHNESS
  The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.
• READY-MADE
  Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
• ADVANCING EDGE
  The front edge of a supporting surface; -- contr. with following edge, which is the rear edge.
• BAFFLEMENT
  The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.
• MATURANT
  A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration.
• MATURING
  Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes of hand.
• MAUDLINWORT
  The oxeye daisy.
• ADVANCE
  supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante before. The spelling 1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. 2. To raise; to elevate. They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shak. 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres
• PERFECTIONAL
  Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection. Bp. Pearson.
• HEMATURIA
  Passage of urine mingled with blood.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• OVERREADY
  Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n.
• LIMATURE
  1. The act of filing. 2. That which is filed off; filings. Johnson.
• THAUMATURGICS
  Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.
• NONDEVELOPMENT
  Failure or lack of development.
• RING ARMATURE
  An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
• INCONSUMMATE
  Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. Sir M. Hale. -- In`con*sum"mate*ness, n.