MELLOWS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

mellows

verb

present tense third-person singular of mellow

as in softens

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Beyond any of the sociocultural flotsam and jetsam, hanging out with your crush on a lake at a northern latitude both softens and distills all the brain-stem-deep associations with what summer means.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
The Velvet filter softens the overall contrast and wraps the scene in a warmer, vintage-like tone that makes the blues and purples feel richer.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026

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Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
One of the best oaks for wildlife, including birds, is the Chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), which annually matures a crop of small, sweet acorns easily accessed and transported by birds.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026

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The Algonquin people also called it the Raspberry moon, evoking the fruit that ripens around that time in North America, while the Cree knew it as the Feather Moulting Moon, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026
Its nickname from the fact that the fruit usually ripens and is ready for picking around this time of year, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 June 2026

Definition of ripens

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The status updates will show up in real time as the testing progresses, and the final reports, certificates, and structured test results will appear automatically.

— Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Players score points based on their performances in real matches, with the option to substitute players or transfer them in or out of the team as the season progresses.

— Dominic Preston, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of progresses

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With voters ages 50+, Rogers took a nine-percentage point lead over El-Sayed at 52% to 43%.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Another survey released this month by CNBC found nearly half of Americans ages 18-34 hold favorable or very favorable views of democratic socialism.

— Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of ages

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As forcible mobilisation grows to fill Ukraine’s ebbing ranks, so will anger at the presidency and military.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
With each week that passes, Bonta’s leverage grows, though a few Hollywood guilds have flipped, potentially undermining that leverage.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

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