Antonyms for gentle
ˈdʒɛn tlgen·tle

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1. gentleadjective

   Polite and respectful rather than rude

   He gave me a gentle reminder that we had to hurry up.

   Synonyms:
   respectful, kind, friendly, polite

   Antonyms:
   rude

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1. gentle

   Amiable combines the senses of lovable or lovely and loving; the amiable character has ready affection and kindliness for others, with the qualities that are adapted to win their love; amiable is a higher and stronger word than good-natured or agreeable. Lovely is often applied to externals; as, a lovely face. Amiable denotes a disposition desirous to cheer, please, and make happy. A selfish man of the world may have the art to be agreeable; a handsome, brilliant, and witty person may be charming or even attractive, while by no means amiable. The engaging, winning, and winsome add to amiability something of beauty, accomplishments, and grace. The benignant are calmly kind, as from a height and a distance. Kind, good-natured people may be coarse and rude, and so fail to be agreeable or pleasing; the really amiable are likely to avoid such faults by their earnest desire to please. The good-natured have an easy disposition to get along comfortably with every one in all circumstances. A sweet disposition is very sure to be amiable, the loving heart bringing out all that is lovable and lovely in character.

   Antonyms:
   acrimonious, churlish, crabbed, cruel, crusty, disagreeable, dogged, gruff, hateful, ill-conditioned, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, morose, sour, sullen, surly, unamiable, unlovely

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, amiable, attractive, benignant, engaging, good-natured, harming, kind, lovable, lovely, loving, pleasant, pleasing, sweet, winning, winsome

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1. gentle

   Antonyms:
   rough, rude, coarse, fierce, savage

   Synonyms:
   courteous, polite, highbred, mild, bland, tame, docile, amiable, meek, soft, placid, tender

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1. gentle, softadjective

   soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

   "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"

   Antonyms:
   untamed, intense, steep, lowborn, unkind, loud, heavy, wild

   Synonyms:
   aristocratical, indulgent, mild, delicate, easy, piano, balmy, lenient, voiced, soft, docile, patrician, blue, cushy, flabby, subdued, diffuse, flaccid, blue-blooded, aristocratic, sonant, easygoing, diffused

2. gentleadjective

   having or showing a kindly or tender nature

   "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"

   Antonyms:
   heavy, wild, untamed, loud, unkind, lowborn, steep, intense

   Synonyms:
   blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, docile, patrician, blue

3. gentleadjective

   quiet and soothing

   "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"

   Antonyms:
   untamed, heavy, steep, lowborn, intense, unkind, wild, loud

   Synonyms:
   blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, docile, patrician, blue

4. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patricianadjective

   belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

   "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

   Antonyms:
   lowborn, heavy, unkind, steep, untamed, intense, wild, loud

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, racy, gamy, bluish, profane, dismal, dark, disconsolate, gloomy, drear, puritanical, low, naughty, easy, down in the mouth, blue, blueish, gamey, downhearted, juicy, downcast, blasphemous, drab, patrician, docile, blue-blooded, spicy, soft, aristocratic, blue(a), sorry, aristocratical, puritanic, grim, depressed, dingy, dreary, risque, low-spirited

5. docile, gentleadjective

   easily handled or managed

   "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

   Antonyms:
   untamed, steep, wild, heavy, lowborn, loud, unkind, intense

   Synonyms:
   blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, teachable, docile, patrician, blue

6. easy, gentle, softadjective

   having little impact

   "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"

   Antonyms:
   wild, heavy, unkind, loud, untamed, lowborn, steep, intense

   Synonyms:
   balmy, sluttish, wanton, flaccid, subdued, prosperous, sonant, soft, delicate, flabby, easy, promiscuous, well-off, indulgent, voiced, aristocratical, leisurely, well-to-do, piano, well-fixed, easygoing, patrician, well-situated, comfortable, blue-blooded, diffuse, mild, cushy, aristocratic, docile, lenient, diffused, well-heeled, light, blue, loose

7. easy, gentleverb

   marked by moderate steepness

   "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"

   Antonyms:
   steep, unkind, untamed, intense, wild, loud, lowborn, heavy

   Synonyms:
   aristocratical, promiscuous, easy, wanton, sluttish, well-heeled, soft, docile, patrician, blue, aristocratic, well-to-do, well-situated, loose, well-off, prosperous, well-fixed, comfortable, leisurely, light, blue-blooded, easygoing

8. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntleverb

   cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

   "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

   Antonyms:
   loud, lowborn, steep, heavy, unkind, intense, untamed, wild

   Synonyms:
   mollify, conciliate, quell, relieve, lenify, stay, placate, quench, allay, ennoble, settle, gruntle, palliate, accommodate, appease, pacify, temper, assuage, propitiate, alleviate, slake, make up, entitle, patch up, reconcile, season

9. ennoble, gentle, entitleverb

   give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

   Antonyms:
   unkind, intense, lowborn, loud, heavy, wild, steep, untamed

   Synonyms:
   lenify, appease, mollify, pacify, gruntle, title, dignify, placate, ennoble, assuage, entitle, conciliate

10. gentleverb

    stroke soothingly

    Antonyms:
    steep, unkind, untamed, wild, heavy, loud, intense, lowborn

    Synonyms:
    appease, lenify, mollify, gruntle, pacify, placate, ennoble, assuage, entitle, conciliate

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1. gentleadjective

   Antonyms:
   drastic, refractory, vicious, brusque, harsh, rough, severe, rigorous, intractable, indocile

   Synonyms:
   well-born, genteel, high-born, docile, tractable, tame, subdued, mild, quiet, peaceable, meek, unobtrusive, bland, soothing, pacific, clement, tender, humane, courteous, cultivated, deferential

How to use gentle in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare:

   His life was gentle and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN

2. Sara Alfageeh:

   We tend to associate sharp corners and edges with evil, and rounded designs and circles with good, this character is a gentle giant, so I wanted to make sure that even with his size he was shaped like a friend.

3. John Thomas Lawler:

   She said his shoulders and back were out of line and by gentle manipulation, she could make his life much happier, she started on the shoulders and went around his body... Then the table dropped and he shouted Youre hurting me. You are hurting me. I cant feel my arms.

4. Greg Ellis:

   It is exceedingly rare for someone who is tagged as the respondent who has been put in the crosshairs with the false allegation of domestic violence — the silver bullet — to come out and get any kind of semblance of a victory, let alone have a voice, so, the fact that he was able to speak for the first time, and I think we saw from the trial as well, his humanity and the spirit and gentle nature of the man. He was consistent and only took responsibility for his faults and the mistakes that he made. He's never said he's perfect.

5. Mo Udall:

   Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.

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