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Antonyms for mixed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : mikst
Phonetic Transcription : mɪkst

Definition of mixed

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from past participle of mix (v.). Mixed blessing from 1933. Mixed marriage is from 1690s (originally in a religious context; racial sense was in use by 1942 in U.S., though mixed breed in reference to mulattoes is found by 1775). Mixed bag "heterogeneous collection" is from 1936. Mixed up is from 1884 as "confused," from 1862 as "involved."
  • Mixed drink in the modern liquor sense is recorded by 1868; the thing itself is older; Bartlett (1859) lists sixty names "given to the various compounds or mixtures of spirituous liquors and wines served up in fashionable bar rooms in the United States," all from a single advertisement. The list includes Tippe na Pecco, Moral suasion, Vox populi, Jewett's fancy, Ne plus ultra, Shambro, Virginia fancy, Stone wall, Smasher, Slingflip, Pig and whistle, Cocktail, Phlegm-cutter, Switchel flip, Tip and Ty, Ching-ching, Fiscal agent, Slip ticket, Epicure's punch.
  • adj assorted, combined
Example sentences :
  • Do you mean that my father was mixed up like those old Indians?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Look out you don't get mixed up in it yourself, that's all I ask.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The little leaven was now mixed with his life, which would leaven the whole.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • I would rather you should not have a situation at all, than get mixed up with bad companions.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • At the next water, he mixed some of the meal into a gruel and ate it.
  • Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
  • It is most seldom that a person feels so mixed like that; and it is not to be recommended, either.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Add five table-spoonfuls of cream, and a tea-spoonful of mixed spice.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Stir in at the last a table-spoonful of mixed nutmeg and cinnamon.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Tito's mane bristled with mixed feelings at the sight of one of her own kind.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • He mixed but little with the "Boys," but the latter respected him for his manly qualities.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

Synonyms for mixed

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