mellow
Soft, gentle and relaxed.
mellow in a sentence
- The mellow evening light turned the fields gold as the friends ambled home.
- Soft, mellow music floated from the radio, gentle enough to send the baby to sleep.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to mellow?
- Asharp
- Bloud
- Csoft
- Dharsh
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C: soft. The other three mean the opposite of mellow.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to mellow?
- Asoft
- Bgentle
- Charsh
- Dcalm
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C: harsh. The other three mean nearly the same as mellow.
Words that mean something similar
soft, gentle, calm
Words that mean the opposite
harsh, sharp, loud
More words about light & dark
- murky: Dark, dirty and hard to see through.
- ominous: Giving you a worrying feeling that something bad is about to happen.
- opaque: Impossible to see through.
- phantom: A ghost, or something that seems real but is not.
- radiant: Shining brightly, or glowing with happiness.
- shimmer: To shine with a soft light that seems to tremble.
- sombre: Dark, dull and serious in mood or colour.
- twilight: The soft, dim light just after the sun goes down.
More words to explore
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