Mixed

• POS: Adjective

CIDE DICTIONARY

Mixed, a. 

 Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i.  [1913 Webster]

Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. -- Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle. -- Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. -- Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. -- Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together. -- Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. -- Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Mixed, adj.
1 of diverse qualities or elements.
2 containing persons from various backgrounds etc.
3 for or involving persons of both sexes (a mixed school; mixed bathing).

Idiom

mixed bag (or bunch) a diverse assortment of things or persons. mixed blessing a thing having advantages and disadvantages. mixed crystal one formed from more than one substance. mixed doubles Tennis a doubles game with a man and a woman as partners on each side. mixed economy an economic system combining private and State enterprise. mixed farming farming of both crops and livestock. mixed feelings a mixture of pleasure and dismay about something. mixed grill a dish of various grilled meats and vegetables etc. mixed marriage a marriage between persons of different races or religions. mixed metaphor a combination of inconsistent metaphors (e.g. this tower of strength will forge ahead). mixed number an integer and a proper fraction. mixed-up colloq. mentally or emotionally confused; socially ill-adjusted.

Derivative

mixedness n.

Etymology

ME mixt f. OF mixte f. L mixtus past part. of miscere mix

THESAURUS

Mixed

adulterated, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assimilated, associated, assorted, blemished, blended, clashing, combinative, combinatory, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conflicting, confused, conglomerate, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connected, connective, consolidated, contradictory, damaged, dappled, defective, deficient, diverse, eclectic, equivocal, erroneous, fallible, faulty, fifty-fifty, found wanting, fused, half-and-half, half-bred, heterogeneous, hybrid, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, incorporated, indiscriminate, inexact, integrated, interbred, intricate, involved, ironic, joined, joint, jumbled, lacking, makeshift, many-sided, mediocre, medley, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, motley, muddled, multifaceted, multifarious, multinational, multiracial, not perfect, off, one, opposing, opposite, partial, patchy, pluralistic, promiscuous, scrambled, short, sketchy, syncretic, syncretistic, syncretized, synthesized, tainted, thrown together, undeveloped, uneven, unfinished, united, unperfected, unsound, unthorough, varied, various, wanting

ROGET THESAURUS

Mixed

Mixture

N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.

Multiformity

N multiformity, omniformity, variety, diversity, multifariousness, varied assortment, dissimilarity, polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous, multiplex, heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform, manifold, many-sided, variegated, motley, mosaic, epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular, mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers, all manner of, of every description, of all sorts and kinds, et hoc genus omne, and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis, jumbled, confused, mixed up, discordant, inharmonious, unmatched, unrelated, nonuniform, omniform, omnigenous, omnifarious, protean (form), harmoniously confused, variety's the very spice of life.