1. Unhurried and relaxed
   "a mellow conversation";
   - laid-back
    
2. Having a full and pleasing flavour through proper aging
   "a mellow port";
   - mellowed
    
3. Softened through age or experience
   "the peace of mellow age"; "mellow wisdom";
   - mellowed
    
4. [informal] Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
   "The mellow crowd at the concert was clearly enjoying the music";
   - high [informal]

1. In a mellow manner
   "The old wine tasted mellow";
   - mellowly [archaic]

1. Soften, make mellow
   "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
    
2. Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
   "With age, he mellowed";
   - melt, mellow out [informal]
    
3. Make or grow (more) mellow
   "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"

Derived forms: mellowed, mellows, mellower, mellowing, mellowest

See also: drunk, gone, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, mature, relaxed, ripe, ripped [informal], skunked [informal], soft

Type of: change, soften

Encyclopedia: Mellow