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What is the adjective for mellow?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb mellow which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

mellow
  1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
  2. Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid.
  3. Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued, soft, rich, delicate; said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
  4. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
  5. Relaxed; calm; easygoing; laid-back.
  6. Warmed by liquor, slightly intoxicated, stoned, or high.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. soft, delicate, gentle, mild, soothing, tender, warm, benign, bland, light, nonabrasive, sweet, balmy, softened, pleasant, temperate, calm, smooth, clement, agreeable, tranquil, favourable, favorable, mollifying, nonirritating, delectable, pleasing, lenient, refreshing, nonirritant, clear, calmative, bright, healthful, equable, genial, lenitive, emollient, demulcent, benignant, assuasive, melodious, mellifluous, rich, dulcet, euphonious, musical, melodic, full, mellifluent … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “The Marquis de Carvajal paused and spoke in a mellow voice, rolling the words as if he were making a public address.”
      “The music began with the soft, mellow sounds of a wind instrument, paving the way for Valdis's dance to begin.”
      “In Siena and Bologna, he sketched the old palaces and churches with their mellow brickwork studded with terra cotta insets.”
mellowish
  1. Somewhat mellow.
mellower
  1. comparative form of mellow: more mellow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, drunker, tipsier, boozier, more intoxicated, more drugged, more inebriated, more stoned, woozier, more loaded, more tanked, more wasted, more wrecked, more buzzed, more delirious, more plastered, more smashed, more tripping, more befuddled, more drunken, more jacked, more strung out, more zonked, more blitzed, more doped, more euphoric, more geeked, more ripped, more spaced out, more hammered, more juiced, more sloshed, more spaced-out, squiffier, more tiddly, more blotto, more sozzled, more inebriate, more stewed, more sottish, merrier, more soused, more jacked up, groggier, more bombed, more pickled, more looped, more cockeyed, more fried, more oiled … more
mellowest
  1. superlative form of mellow: most mellow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. softest, gentlest, mildest, tenderest, warmest, benignest, blandest, lightest, sweetest, balmiest, most delicate, most soothing, most softened, pleasantest, most temperate, calmest, smoothest, most clement, most agreeable, tranquilest, most favorable, most favourable, most delectable, most pleasing, most lenient, most refreshing, clearest, most calmative, healthfullest, brightest, most equable, most genial, most lenitive, most demulcent, most emollient, most benignant, richest, fullest, deepest, most melodious, most mellifluous, most euphonious, most musical, most melodic, most mellifluent, most lyrical, most tuneful, most euphonic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “You will find absolutely magnificent sites, picturesque villages, beautiful religious edifices, and vineyards that produce the mellowest wines.”
      “He had moved from Baltimore club, one of the most raucous dance genres, to deep house, one of the mellowest.”
      “One of the mellowest spots is Espelho Beach, about a half-hour car ride from town, over a winding dirt road, past grazing cows.”
mellowed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mellow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. developed, matured, aged, ripened, maturated, thrived, throve, enrooted, grew up, seasoned, developt, progressed, evolved, bloomed, flowered, perfected, blossomed, advanced, mushroomed, conditioned, culminated, primed, arrived, reached adulthood, grown up, come of age, grown, grew, thriven, came of age, shot up, became adult, burgeoned, changed, flourished, burst forth, reached maturity, put mileage on, rounded out, developed fully, filled out, got on, spread, got, gat, cultivated, fledged, prospered, grew feeble, became older … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A tree yet to bear fully blossomed flowers or fully mellowed fruits, is usually left untapped.”
mellowing
  1. present participle of mellow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. softening, relaxing, settling, calming, mildening, mollifying, sweetening, calming down, easing up, settling down, cooling, steadying, moderating, stabilizing, diminishing, slowing down, becoming calm, weakening, stabilising, becoming peaceful, resolving, fixing, mitigating, relieving, quelling, controlling, allaying, containing, alleviating, extinguishing, rectifying, palliating, extenuating, remedying, mending, healing, assuaging, appeasing, smoothing, curing, ironing out, sorting out, patching up, putting to rights, soothing, lessening, reducing … more
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