mellowed

Thân thiện

The old man's mellowed demeanor brought calm to the room.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Made gentle, wise, or understanding through age and experience: Describes a person, attitude, or perspective that has become softer, more tolerant, and wiser over time.
   • Made rich, smooth, or full-flavored through proper aging or ripening: Describes a substance, especially food or drink, whose flavor has developed a pleasing depth, smoothness, and sweetness over time.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective (describing a person or quality):

  • His once fiery temper has become mellowed with age.
  • She offered mellowed advice, born of decades of experience.

• Adjective (describing flavor):

  • The mellowed cheese had a wonderfully smooth and complex taste.
  • We enjoyed a glass of beautifully mellowed whiskey.

Advanced Usage

• "to be mellowed by something": to be softened or made more understanding by a particular experience.
  • His outlook on life was mellowed by his travels.
• "to become mellowed": to undergo the process of becoming gentler or more flavorful.
  • The harsh edges of the wine became mellowed after years in the cellar.

Variants and Related Words

• Mellow (adjective/verb): The base form. As an adjective, it means gentle, pleasant, or rich-flavored. As a verb, it means to make or become mellow.
  • He has a mellow personality. (Adjective)
  • Time will mellow the wine. (Verb)
• Mellowing (noun/gerund): The process of becoming mellow.
  • The mellowing of the fruit took several days.

Synonyms

• Matured: Fully developed, especially in character or flavor.
• Seasoned: Experienced and made wiser or more robust.
• Aged: Having undergone aging, often implying improvement.
• Tempered: Made less extreme or intense; moderated.

Antonyms

• Harsh: Rough, severe, or unpleasant.
• Green: Immature, unripe, or inexperienced.
• Callow: Inexperienced and immature.

Related Phrases

• Mellow out (phrasal verb): To relax, become calm, or take things less seriously.
  • You need to mellow out and stop worrying so much.
  • He mellowed out after he retired.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
   • mellow wisdom
   • the peace of mellow age
2. having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
   • a mellow port
   • mellowed fruit

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mellow