- mellow, mellowing - 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"
Antonym: hard (indirect, via soft)
- mellowing - the process of becoming mellow
--1 is a kind of ripening, aging, ageing
Derived forms: verb mellow2, verb mellow1, verb mellow3
- mellow - soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
--1 is one way to soften
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun mellowing1
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- mellow, melt, mellow out - become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
--2 is one way to change
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun mellowing1
Something ----s
- mellow - make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
--3 is one way to soften
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun mellowing1
Something ----s
Something ----s something