mixed

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of mix. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She mixed the flour and sugar in a big bowl.

   The paint was mixed by hand before they started painting.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Made up of two or more different parts, kinds, or feelings.

   Like a day that is part sunny and part rainy.

   Her feelings about the new job were mixed.

   The soup had a mixed flavor, sweet and salty at once.

   Similarambivalent, equivocal, conflicting, contradictory

   Oppositeunequivocal, uniform

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3. 3
   adjective

   Coming from parents of two or more races or breeds.

   Their dog is mixed, part collie and part something else.

   She comes from a mixed family with roots on three continents.

   Similarcrossbred, hybrid, multiracial, biracial, mongrel

   Oppositepurebred, pedigree

4. 4
   adjective

   Including both men and women, or boys and girls.

   The school moved to mixed classes in the 1970s.

   They entered a mixed team of four men and four women.

   Similarcoed, coeducational

   Oppositesingle-sex

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5. 5
   adjective

   Getting both good and bad reactions from people.

   Like a song that some people love and others can't stand.

   The new policy drew mixed reactions from voters.

   Reviews for the restaurant were mixed.

   Similardivided, polarized, ambivalent

6. 6
   adjective

   Not pure, because something else has been added in.

   The gold turned out to be mixed, not the pure metal promised.

   The spice was mixed with cheaper filler to stretch it.

   Similarimpure, adulterated, contaminated, tainted

   Oppositepure, unadulterated

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