# mellowed

Pronunciation: say "MEL-ohd" US /ˈmɛloʊd/, UK /ˈmɛləʊd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of mellow. — simple past and past participle of mellow
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of mellow. Use it for a change that already happened.
   - _Two decades in the job had mellowed the once-fiery editor._
   - _Warm lamps mellowed the harsh white walls of the waiting room._

## Adjective

2. Having become mellow, as a wine does with age or a person does with experience.
   - Simple: Grown softer, smoother, or calmer than before.
   - _The band's mellowed sound on the new album surprised longtime fans._
   - _Retirement turned him into a mellowed, patient man who rarely raised his voice._
3. Of fruit, having turned soft or tender through ripeness.
   - Simple: Used about fruit that has gone soft and tender because it is ripe.
   - _She baked the mellowed pears that had sat on the counter all week._
   - _Wasps gathered around the mellowed plums lying in the grass under the tree._

## Origin

Formed from mellow with the suffix -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mellowed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).