 gentle |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe | |
| Examples: | "a gentle reprimand" "a vein of gentle irony" "poked gentle fun at him" |
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| Related terms: | mild | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having or showing a kindly or tender nature | |
| Examples: | "the gentle touch of her hand" "her gentle manner was comforting" "a gentle sensitive nature" "gentle blue eyes" |
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| Related terms: | kind | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] quiet and soothing | |
| Examples: | "a gentle voice" "a gentle nocturne" |
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| Related terms: | soft | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | |
| Synonyms: | pacify appease mollify conciliate gruntle assuage placate lenify | |
| Examples: | "She managed to mollify her angry boss" |
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| Related terms: | calm peace peace appeaser conciliation placation comforter | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | |
| Synonyms: | aristocratic blue-blooded blue patrician aristocratical | |
| Examples: | "an aristocratic family" "aristocratic Bostonians" "aristocratic government" "blue blood" "the blue-blooded aristocracy" "of gentle blood" "aristocratic bearing" "patrician tastes" |
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| Related terms: | noble | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] having little impact | |
| Synonyms: | easy soft | |
| Examples: | "an easy pat on the shoulder" "gentle rain" "a gentle breeze" "a soft (or light) tapping at the window" |
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| Related terms: | light | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] marked by moderate steepness | |
| Synonyms: | easy | |
| Examples: | "an easy climb" "a gentle slope" |
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| Related terms: | gradual | |
| 8. | [ verb ] give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | |
| Synonyms: | entitle ennoble | |
| Related terms: | promote knight dub baronetise lord ennoblement | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] easily handled or managed | |
| Synonyms: | docile | |
| Examples: | "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" |
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| Related terms: | tame | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10354 | |
| 11. | [ verb ] stroke soothingly | |
| Related terms: | pet | |
| Similar spelling: |
gentleman Gentile gently genteel gentility genteelly gantlet |
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