Mellow

Quick meaning: Mellow is an adjective meaning (also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.

Meaning

(also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.

More Meanings

1. (also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
2. (of soil) Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.
3. Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.
4. Fruitful and warm.
5. Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.
6. Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
7. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.

Example Sentences

a mellow apple

A little longer, yet a little longer, / And Nature drops him down, without your Sin, / Like mellow Fruit, without a Winter Storm.

Ay, how fine they be in their liveries, and each of 'em as full of meat as an egg, and as sleek and as round about as a mellow codlin.

Com[inius]. Hee'l ſhake your Rome about your eares. / Mene[nius]. As Hercules did ſhake downe Mellow Fruite: You haue made faire worke.

Word Forms

• mellower
• mellowest
• mellows
• mellowing
• mellowed

Synonyms for mellow

Depending on context, synonyms include mellowy, cushiony, flabby, flaccid, flexible, soft.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soft, relaxed, laid-back, easygoing, ripe, mature.

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