When something becomes mellow, it gets softer or more relaxed. People are often said to mellow with age, meaning their aggressiveness, their sarcasm, and their short temper have given way to a more easygoing, genial manner.
Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp;
Verb
make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
Verb
become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
Verb
soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
Adjective S.
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
Adjective S.
having or suggesting softness and richness in quality; "a mellow sound"; "the mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn"- Thomas Hardy; "a mellowing sun"
Adjective S.
having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
Adjective S.
having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"
Adjective S.
unhurried and relaxed; "an easygoing pace"; "a mellow conversation"
Adverb
(obsolete) in a mellow manner
superl.
Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender
pulp; as, a mellow apple.
superl.
Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a
mellow soil.
superl.
Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich;
delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
superl.
Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
superl.
Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.
v. t.
To make mellow.
v. i.
To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.
Mellow
The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light.3.
May health return to mellow age.
As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.4.
Mellow
If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do not plow it again till April.
The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.
Mellow
Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp;
To make mellow.
To become mellow;
Usage Examples
I'm into mellow dates with really good food.
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Other Usage ExamplesSweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music.
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