mellowing Definition

mellow
adj mellower, mellowest

1. Said of a person or their character: calm and relaxed with age or experience.

Thesaurus: relaxed, serene, placid, tranquil, laid-back (slang), content, jovial, genial; Antonym: uptight, tense.
2. Said of sound, colour, light, etc: soft, rich and pure.
3. Said of wine, cheese, etc: fully flavoured with age; well matured.

Thesaurus: ripe, mature, seasoned, aged, cured, sweet, full-flavoured, juicy, perfected; Antonym: green, hard, unripe.
4. Said of fruit: sweet and ripe.
5. Said of a person: pleasantly relaxed or warm-hearted through being slightly drunk or affected by a recreational drug.

verb

tr & intr
mellowed, mellowing
1. To make or become mellow.

Thesaurus: mature, ripen, season, sweeten, temper.

Derivative: mellowness
noun

Etymology: 15c: perhaps from Anglo-Saxon mearu soft or tender.

Phrasal Verb: mellow out

To relax and release one's tensions and inhibitions.