Mixed Mɪkst I Feelings People Adjective Bre Weather

• the weather has been very mixed recently.
• i still have mixed feelings about going to brazil (= i am not sure what to think).
• the play was given a mixed reception by the critics (= some liked it, some did not).
• british athletes had mixed fortunes in yesterday's competition.

mixed

1. having both good and bad qualities or feelings
• The weather has been very mixed recently.
• I still have mixed feelings about going to Brazil (= I am not sure what to think).
• The play was given a mixed reception by the critics (= some liked it, some did not).
• British athletes had mixed fortunes in yesterday's competition.
2. consisting of different kinds of people, for example, people from different races and cultures
• a mixed community
• people of mixed race
• a mixed marriage (= between two people of different races or religions)
3. consisting of different types of the same thing
• a mixed salad
4. of or for both males and females
• a mixed school
• I'd rather not talk about it in mixed company.

Extra Examples

• In his world view, art and religion were inextricably mixed.
• an ethnically mixed community
• Do you have experience of teaching mixed-ability classes?
• She was born to parents of mixed race.
• a mixed marriage

Word Origin

• late Middle English mixt: from Old French mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere ‘to mix’.