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mildness

mildness

1.8
Pleasant weather that is not very cold or hot
  • noun
  • /ˈmaɪldnəs/
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  • "Only the mildness of the weather and the abundance of the land mitigated what was, in every other respect, a hard, lonely life.

Examples

  • We enjoyed the mildness of the autumn days, which were neither too hot nor too cold.

  • The mildness of the spring weather made it perfect for outdoor activities.

  • Computer modeling suggests a cold front slices through the region on Black Friday, bringing an end to the mildness that will be in control over the next several afternoons and giving the latter half of Thanksgiving weekend a chilled ending.

    Blog text (28)

  • The previously rebellious Melville seemed to have "sailed into a mildness," as W. H. Auden phrased it in his poem "At Melville's Tomb," and to have left a final "testament of acceptance," as an early critic put it.

    Academic text (1993)

  • After a long winter, the mildness of the early March temperatures felt refreshing.

Synonyms

softness
vsmildness
1 1.6

Pleasant mild weather that feels gentle, like a soft breeze

emphasizes comfortable temperatures and lack of strong changes
temperateness
vsmildness
6.7

A mild climate with no extreme heat or cold

is about comfortable temperatures and lack of extremes
balminess
vsmildness
7.2

A warm, mild air that feels soothing

focuses on general comfortable temperatures and absence of extremes
tepidity
vsmildness
9.1

Slight warmth like warm water on your skin

covers comfortable temperatures and overall lack of extremes rather than just warmth

Antonyms

extreme
877 3.6

Very far away in place or in degree

harshness
2 3.5

A strong unpleasant effect that hurts the senses

How Warm

heat
583 1.0
warmth
90 1.0
mildness
1.8
coolness
6 1.0
coldness
5 1.0

Surface Forms

mildness singular
mildnesses plural

Morphology

mildness = mild (transparent) = mild + ness

Standard nominalization from 'mild'; the weather sense is a direct extension of the adjective meaning.

Etymology

The word mildness comes from the old English mild, meaning 'gentle' or 'not extreme', and people used it for weather as well as people. So mildness of the weather means comfortable and free from strong heat or cold.