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mild

 
/maɪld/ adj

Definition

B1 If the weather in winter is mild, it is not cold.
Mild food does not have a strong taste: a mild curry → Opposite hot adj
(Definition of mild adj from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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