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Collocations for mild - adj.

1. not very cold

VERBS

be
become, turn (esp. BrE)
Later in the week the weather turned very mild.
remain

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
relatively
It's relatively mild for the time of year.
generally
The climate in Japan is generally mild.
surprisingly, unseasonably, unusually
The late summer air was surprisingly mild.

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2. not severe or strong

VERBS

be, seem
The infection seems quite mild, so she should be better soon.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
comparatively, relatively
The pain is comparatively mild at the moment.
reasonably

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3. gentle and kind

VERBS

be, sound
His voice was deceptively mild.

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ADVERB

seemingly
deceptively

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PHRASES

meek and mild
She's not so meek and mild as she seems.

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Mild is used with these nouns:
amusement, annoyance, antiseptic, astonishment, attack, bout, case, cheese, chilli, climate, cold, concussion, confusion, cough, curiosity, curry, defect, dehydration, depression, diarrhoea, disability, disappointment, disapproval, discomfort, disease, disgust, downturn, elation, electric shock, euphoria, exaggeration, exasperation, fever, flavour, flu, form, hallucination, handicap, headache, heart attack, hysteria, illness, inconvenience, infection, inflammation, irritation, manner, mustard, narcotic, nausea, pain, panic, paranoia, reaction, rebuke, recession, reproach, sedation, sedative, shampoo, shock, side effect, soap, spell, steel, stroke, surprise, swear word, symptom, taste, term, tone, weather, winter

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