gentle

Meaning

Adj

1. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
2. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
3. Docile and easily managed.
4. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
5. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
6. Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

Verb

1. To become gentle.
2. (obsolete) To ennoble.
3. To break; to tame; to domesticate.
4. To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.

Noun

1. A person of high birth.
2. A maggot used as bait by anglers.
3. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

Synonyms

soft

mild

tender

kind

quiet

meek

delicate

sweet

light

calm

polite

nice

affectionate

tame

bland

easy

weak

smooth

pleasant

friendly

careful

good-natured

graceful

affable

slow

slight

amiable

kindly

harmonious

mollify

faint

lenient

docile

modest

moderate

placid

courteous

good

👍

entitle

aristocratic

appease

lovely

gracious

ennoble

temperate

sensitive

mild-mannered

genial

benign

clement

peaceful

conciliate

patrician

pacify

noble

good-hearted

dainty

placate

agreeable

aristocratical

assuage

blue

blue-blooded

charming

civil

fair

feeble

fine

generous

genteel

good-tempered

gradual

gruntle

loving

obedient

patient

peaceable

placable

still

suave

subdued

submissive

lenify

green

not loud

emotional person

highborn

honest

humble

inactive

indulge

inoffensive

kid-glove

kilt

domesticated

kind-hearted

domesticate

knight

ladylike

disarming

diplomatic

lightsome

limp

lithe

lively

long-suffering

lord

lordly

lovable

diminutive

lamblike

low

low-pitched

maggot

maidenly

measured

demure

mellow

mellowed

debonaire

minor

debonair

damp

cute

neat

courtly

coroneted

blow softly

obliging

cordial

not bold

conciliatory

not hot-tempered

complaisant

piecemeal

dove-like

colourful

colorful

cautious

pliant

buoyant

propitious

breeze

rarefied

reclaim

refined

resilient

rich

🤑

salutary

blunt

sincere

skin-deep

bit-by-bit

biddable

slow down

small

beautiful

balmy

soften

softhearted

solemn

soothing

soulful

stationary

steady

step-by-step

stepwise

in small stages

colourful

gently sloping

colorful

subtle

awkward

auspicious

amicable

alluring

tenderhearted

tenuous

thin

thoroughbred

timid

unmalicious

urbane

warmhearted

adorable

well-behaved

well mannered

winsome

yeasty

yielding

domesticise

domesticize

falcon-gentle

large-hearted

accommodating

rarified

strong wine

adj i & 3 damp

adj 5 & 9 soft

sweet-looking

good and obedient

gently-sloping

light-handed

frivolous

gallant

slow-moving

formal

affable person

gentlemanly

girlish

forgiving

good natured

flippant

be calm

figured

feathery

affectedly graceful

grand

Hyphenated as

gen‧tle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʒɛntl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gentil

In summary

From Middle English gentil (“courteous, noble”), from Old French gentil (“high-born, noble”), from Latin gentilis (“of the same family or clan”), from gens (“[Roman] clan”). Doublet of gentile, genteel, and jaunty.

Sentences

I like gentle people .