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Meanings of mellowed in English

Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience.

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Usage of mellowed in English
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Sustained economic growth, with rising living standards, may have mellowed the delegates.
The Irish Times
2
The strong Syrian faces were mellowed by the ruddy gleams of sunset.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
3
The poetic eyes that looked into hers mellowed, the cynical voice softened:
The Dreamer: A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar All...
4
It was into that mellowed, sweetly melancholy mood he sent the following:
The Visioning: A Novel
5
But the passing of time has mellowed Rhodes, who is 46 now.
The Irish Times
6
Before the old moss-mellowed pedestal I pressed Marie desperately to my heart.
Light
7
Time had mellowed his manners and made them incomparably gentle and humane.
The Divine Fire
8
He started to answer gruffly, but seeing her anguish, mellowed his tone.
The Mantooth
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O'Neill got mellowed up till he thought Mac was his best friend.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
10
He has a no nonsense attitude mellowed by his enthusiasm and wit.
The Irish Times
11
Doctor McCoy, Baris's oldest-andperhaps only-friendoften said that Sima had mellowed Baris.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
12
The attitude of Ulbricht's partisans toward many national & international problems has mellowed.
The new yorker
13
In the course of setting up the summit, Pompeo has mellowed.
The Guardian
14
But today I'm more mellowed -age does that to you.
The Guardian
15
His eyes lit when he saw her; his voice mellowed; his manner changed.
The Border Legion
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And will dream of those who trod it in the mellowed long ago.
The California Birthday Book / Prose and Poetical Selections fro...
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Mellowed across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common