mixed
Verb
- mix together different elements
- open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- combine (electronic signals)
- add as an additional element or part
- to bring or combine together or with something else
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- simple past and past participle of mix
Adjective Satellite
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; ; ; ; ; ; - I.A.Richards
- "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"
- involving or composed of different races
- "a mixed neighborhood"
Adj
- Having two or more separate aspects.
- Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
- Including both male(s) and female(s).
- Stemming from two or more races or breeds.
- Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback.
Examples
- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
- Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
- My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
- The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.
- The tennis match was mixed, with a boy and a girl on each side.
- The various studies produced mixed results.
Origin / Etymology
From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix.
In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix.
Synonyms
amalgamate, assorted, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, conflate, desegregate, flux, fuse, immix, integrate, interracial, meld, merge, mingle, miscellaneous, mix, mix in, motley, ruffle, shuffle, sundry, unify, ambivalent, co-ed, conflicted, equivocal, heterogeneous, hybrid, impure, mongrel, unsegregated
Antonyms
segregate, homogeneous, pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred, single-sex, unmixed
Scrabble Score: 15
mixed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmixed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mixed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary