gentle

Meaning of gentle

noun
  1. A person of high birth.
  2. A maggot used as bait by anglers.
  3. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
verb
  1. To become gentle
  2. To ennoble
  3. (animal husbandry) to break; to tame; to domesticate
  4. To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.
adjective
  1. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
    Stuart is a gentle man; he would never hurt you.
  2. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
    I felt something touch my shoulder; it was gentle and a little slimy.
  3. Docile and easily managed.
    We had a gentle swim in the lake.
  4. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
    The walks in this area have a gentle incline.
  5. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
    He gave me a gentle reminder that we had to hurry up.
  6. Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

Information about gentle

  • The plural form of gentle is: gentles.
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Hyphenation of gentle

gen-tle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • gentle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

gentle synonyms

Meaning soft:

soft

Meaning aristocratic:

aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, patrician

Meaning docile:

docile

Meaning easy:

easy, soft

Meaning pacify:

pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gruntle

Meaning ennoble:

ennoble, entitle

Meaning :

friendly, kind, polite, respectful

gentle antonyms

Meaning :

rude

Translation of gentle

Anagrams of gentle

Telegn

Words that rhyme with gentle

Fremantle, Mantle, bemantle, brantle, cantle, dismantle, emmantle, hantle, immantle, mantle, nantle, outmantle, overmantle, pantle, portmantle, remantle, scantle, tantle, unmantle, Estrogentle, kentle, overgentle, ungentle, wentle, cuckoopintle, pintle, scintle, skintle, trintle, wintle, tzontle, begruntle, disgruntle, duntle, gruntle, nauntle

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