mixed
/mɪkst/ adjective
Also a form of mix
Forms mixt
- adjective Having two or more separate aspects. “I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.”
- adjective Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated. “My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.”
- adjective Including both male(s) and female(s). “The tennis match was mixed, with a boy and a girl on each side.”
- adjective Stemming from two or more races or breeds. “The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.”
- adjective Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback. “The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.”
Synonyms
heterogeneous ambivalent conflicted equivocal catholic dishomogeneous diverse diversified eclectic liberal manifold miscellaneous motley multifarious multifold sundry variable varied various impure assorted interracial
Antonyms
homogeneous unmixed invariable of a piece onefold samely uniform uniformal unvaried unvarying pure single-sex
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.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “mixed”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details