Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To become mellow or to soften in intensity (such as a smell, emotion or sound), or to change from uptight to relaxed.

    become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Don't tell me to mellow out.

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  2. I'm still waiting for Tom to mellow out.

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  3. Tom has mellowed out.

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  4. Tom mellowed out.

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Forms

mellows out, mellowing out, mellowed out, mellowed out
Base formmellow out · to mellow out
3rd person singularmellows out
Present participlemellowing out
Past simplemellowed out
Past participlemellowed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymellow out
he, she, itmellows out

Past simpleLesson

all personsmellowed out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mellowed out
he, she, ithas mellowed out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mellow out

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial:mellowmelt

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mellifluousmellowmelodicmelodiousC2melodramamelodramatic
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