Meanings
comparative more mild-mannered · superlative most mild-mannered
- Calm, gentle, moderate and unexcitable in attitude or disposition.
That's because, having left behind his senior position on the national network at the West Midlands Rail Executive in mid-March […], the energetic but mild-mannered Holmes has brought a distinctly forward-looking agenda to the Leicestershire heritage operation he now leads.
2023 August 23, Malcolm Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 38
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebehaving in or having a mild or gentle manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Māori ngākau māhaki
- ngākau māhakicalm, gentle, moderate
Spanish apacible, manso
- apaciblecalm, gentle, moderate
- mansocalm, gentle, moderate
Cite this entry
mild-mannered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mild-mannered
“mild-mannered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mild-mannered. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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