adj.1 (esp. of a person) gentle and conciliatory.
2 (of a rule, punishment, illness, feeling, etc.) moderate; not severe.
3 (of the weather, esp. in winter) moderately warm.
4 a (of food, tobacco, etc.) not sharp or strong in taste etc. b Brit. (of beer) not strongly flavoured with hops (cf. BITTER).
5 (of medicine) operating gently.
6 tame, feeble; lacking energy or vivacity.
Phrases and idioms:
mild steel steel containing a small percentage of carbon, strong and tough but not readily tempered.
Derivatives:
milden v.tr. & intr. mildish adj. mildness n.
Etymology: OE milde f. Gmc