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mellowed

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mel·low  (ml)
adj. mel·low·er, mel·low·est
1.
a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a mellow fruit.
b. Suggesting softness or sweetness: "The mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn" (Thomas Hardy).
2. Rich and soft in quality: a mellow sound; a mellow wine.
3. Having the gentleness, wisdom, or tolerance often characteristic of maturity.
4. Relaxed and unhurried; easygoing: a mellow friend; a mellow conversation.
5. Slang
a. Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated.
b. Pleasantly high from a drug, especially from smoking marijuana.
6. Moist, rich, soft, and loamy. Used of soil.
tr. & intr.v. mel·lowed, mel·low·ing, mel·lows
To make or become mellow.
Phrasal Verb:
mellow out Slang
To become genial and pleasant; relax: "The cowboy mellowed out when they read him a sweet letter from his wife" (Bobbie Ann Mason).

[Middle English melwe, perhaps from melowe, oblique case of mele, ground grain, meal; see meal1.]

mellow·ly adv.
mellow·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mellowed - having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"
ripe, mature - fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"
2.mellowed - having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
mature - characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"


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An hour ago they had seemed dangerous companions for so lofty a mood; but now, under the gentle influences of dinner, the mood had not indeed changed--but mellowed.
There was the wide-spread building which he knew so well, the Abbot's house, the long church, the cloisters with their line of arches, all bathed and mellowed in the evening sun.
It was a fine December evening; the sharp air of morning had mellowed until it was as mild as autumn.
 
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