Antonyms for gentle
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : jen-tl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn tl |
- agitated
- boisterous
- callous
- coarse
- crude
- cruel
- disagreeable
- excited
- fierce
- hard
- harsh
- hateful
- healthy
- heavy
- impolite
- intelligent
- irritable
- loud
- low
- mean
- merciless
- noisy
- odorous
- putrid
- rough
- roused
- rude
- severe
- sharp
- significant
- smart
- strong
- surly
- troubled
- turbulent
- uncivil
- uncompassionate
- uncontrolled
- unfeeling
- unfriendly
- unhappy
- unkind
- unmannerly
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- violent
- wild
Definition of gentle
Origin :- early 13c., "well-born," from Old French gentil "high-born, noble, of good family" (11c., in Modern French "nice, graceful, pleasing; fine pretty"), from Latin gentilis "of the same family or clan," from gens (genitive gentis) "race, clan," from root of gignere "beget," from PIE root *gen- "produce" (see genus). Sense of "gracious, kind" (now obsolete) first recorded late 13c.; that of "mild, tender" is 1550s. Older sense remains in gentleman.
- adj having a mild or kind nature
- adj mild, temperate in effect on senses
- adj of noble birth
- A gentle strain of music, scarcely audible, seemed to make reply.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- On a rock, amid the roaring water, Lies Cassiopea's gentle daughter.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Uncle Jasper, who had a quiet voice and gentle manners, now stood rigid.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- She was like the falling of this starlight, pure, aloof, and strange and gentle.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Attempted fratricide is not a common happening in gentle families.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Their faces fell, and even Mark began a gentle expostulation.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Are none to be gentle and kind, none to be piteous and forgiving?
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Then would Flossy be ready with her gentle drops of oil to soothe the ruffles.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- To a gentle loose, and the King of Spain for a mark at fourteen score!
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But the gentle, pathetic character of Arthur is all Shakespeare's.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
Synonyms for gentle
- affable
- agreeable
- amiable
- aristocratic
- balmy
- benign
- biddable
- bland
- blue-blooded
- Brahmin
- calm
- clement
- compassionate
- considerate
- cool
- courteous
- cultivated
- cultured
- delicate
- disciplined
- docile
- domesticated
- dove-like
- easy
- elegant
- faint
- feeble
- genial
- genteel
- gradual
- halcyon
- highborn
- highbred
- humane
- hushed
- imperceptible
- kindly
- laid back
- lenient
- light
- low
- low-pitched
- low-toned
- manageable
- meek
- mellow
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- muted
- noble
- pacific
- peaceful
- placid
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pliable
- polished
- polite
- quiet
- refined
- sensitive
- serene
- slight
- slow
- smooth
- soft
- softhearted
- soothing
- subdued
- sweet-tempered
- sympathetic
- tame
- taught
- temperate
- tender
- tractable
- trained
- tranquil
- untroubled
- upper-class
- warmhearted
- well-born
- well-bred
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