MELLOWNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mellowness mean? 

• MELLOWNESS (noun)
  The noun MELLOWNESS has 5 senses:

1. a feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state

2. a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor

3. the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing

4. a soft shade of a color

5. geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana

  Familiarity information: MELLOWNESS used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELLOWNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("mellowness" is a kind of...):

compassion; compassionateness (a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering)

Pertainym:

mellow (slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana))

mellow (softened through age or experience)

mellow (unhurried and relaxed)

Derivation:

mellow (softened through age or experience)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mellowness" is a kind of...):

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Derivation:

mellow (having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fullness; mellowness; richness

Context example:

he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance

Hypernyms ("mellowness" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Derivation:

mellow (softened through age or experience)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A soft shade of a color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble

Hypernyms ("mellowness" is a kind of...):

shade; tincture; tint; tone (a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color)

Derivation:

mellow (softened through age or experience)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("mellowness" is a kind of...):

affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality (a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to))

Derivation:

mellow (slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana))

mellow (unhurried and relaxed)