mellowness

noun

Definition of mellownessnext
as in sweetness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mellowness
  1. complaisance
  2. sweetness and light
  3. friendliness
  4. gentleness
  5. cordiality
Noun
  • Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.
    Lesley M.M. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Nov. 2022
Definition of complaisance
Noun
  • Review: Sabrina Carpenter brings sweetness and light to her polished, playful concert.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Florida’s other Republican senator, Marco Rubio, delivered a speech filled with sweetness and light.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
Definition of sweetness and light
Noun
  • In a nod to modernity and environmental friendliness, there are no plastic hotel key cards.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Labrador retrievers, known for their friendly and outgoing nature, bond strongly with family and can show friendliness to strange dogs and humans, according to the American Kennel Club—making the breed a perfect choice for customer-facing roles.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of friendliness
Noun
  • In this coming era—during which fear, corruption, and avarice will stand in prominence—gentleness, morality, and reason must be cherished in whatever form they can be found.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The thought of all that genius and gentleness going to waste was more than Morton could bear.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of gentleness
Noun
  • Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of cordiality
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Thesaurus Entries Near mellowness

mellowing (out)

mellowness

mellow (out)

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