different between mild vs deceptive

English

Alternative forms

• milde (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English milde, from Old English milde (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to beat, pound, grind”). Cognate with Scots mild, myld (“mild”), Saterland Frisian milde (“mild”), West Frisian myld (“mild”), Dutch mild (“mild”), Low German milde (“mild”), German mild (“mild”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål mild (“mild”), Icelandic mildur (“mild”), Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”), Lithuanian malonus (“pleasing, pleasant, kind”), Old Norse mildr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?ld/
• Rhymes: -a?ld

Adjective

mild (comparative milder, superlative mildest)

1. Gentle and not easily angered.

2. (of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.

3. Not overly felt or seriously intended.
4. (of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.
5. (of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.

6. (of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.

7. (of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.

Synonyms

• soft, gentle, bland, calm, tranquil, soothing, pleasant, placid, meek, kind, tender, indulgent, clement, mollifying, lenitive, assuasive
• See also Thesaurus:intermediate

Antonyms

• strong
• harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable

Derived terms

• mild-mannered
• mildly
• mildness
• mild steel

Translations

Noun

mild (plural milds)

1. (Britain) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
   • 1998, Robert Rankin, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (page 112)

     'Let me get this for the lady,' I said to Fange, who was pulling her a pint of mild.

Derived terms

• mild and bitter

Further reading

• mild in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mild in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mild at OneLook Dictionary Search

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mildr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil/, [mil?]

Adjective

mild

1. mild, gentle, soft
2. light, lenient

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt

Etymology

From Middle Dutch milde, from Old Dutch mildi, from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz.

Adjective

mild (comparative milder, superlative mildst)

1. mild

Inflection

German

Alternative forms

• milde (in the sense of merciful, otherwise archaic)

Etymology

From Middle High German milte, from Old High German milti. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German; compare Middle Low German milde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?lt/

Adjective

mild (comparative milder, superlative am mildesten)

1. mild (in all of its common senses)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mildr

Adjective

mild (neuter singular mildt, definite singular and plural milde, comparative mildere, indefinite superlative mildest, definite superlative mildeste)

1. mild, gentle, lenient

Derived terms

• formilde
• lattermild
• mildhet

References

• “mild” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mildr, from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz. Akin to English mild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l?/, /m?ld/ (examples of pronunciation)

Adjective

mild (masculine and feminine mild, neuter mildt, definite singular and plural milde, comparative mildare, indefinite superlative mildast, definite superlative mildaste)

1. mild

   I mai er det ofte mildt i veret.

   In May, the weather is often mild

2. gentle
3. lenient

   Dommeren gav han ei mild straff.

   The judge gave him a lenient punishment.

Derived terms

• formilde
• lattermild

References

• “mild” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian milde, from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz. More at mild.

Adjective

mild

1. mild; gentle

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish milder, from Old Norse mildr, from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meld?-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mild

1. mild, gentle
2. bland; not hot or strong (about taste of food)
3. weak; not corrosive or aggressive

   en mild ättiksyralösning

   a weak solution of acetic acid

4. not extreme; about weather: neither hot nor cold

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French déceptif, from Latin d?cept?vus, from d?cipi? (“I deceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.?s?p.t?v/

Adjective

deceptive (comparative more deceptive, superlative most deceptive)

1. Likely or attempting to deceive.

   Synonym: misleading

   • 1653, John Bulwer, Anthropometamorphosis, London: William Hunt, Scene 24, p. 521,^[1]

     […] others declare that no Creature can be made or transmuted into a better or worse, or transformed into another species […] and Martinus Delrio the Jesuit accounts this degeneration of Man into a Beast to be an illusion, deceptive and repugnant to Nature;

   • 1789, Thomas Holcroft (translator), The History of My Own Times by Frederick the Great, London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Part 1, Chapter 12, p. 163,^[2]

     […] at the opening of the campaign, the French, after various deceptive attempts on different places, suddenly invested Tournay.

   • 1846, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord, London: John W. Parker, 2nd ed., 1847, Preliminary Essay, Chapter 2, p. 10,^[3]

     language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes

   • 1978, Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Chapter 2, p. 13,^[4]

     […] it is characteristic of TB that many of its symptoms are deceptive—liveliness that comes from enervation, rosy cheeks that look like a sign of health but come from fever—and an upsurge of vitality may be a sign of approaching death.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceptive

Derived terms

Related terms

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