gentle - Meaning in Kannada

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gentle - Meaning in Kannada

gentle Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of gentle in English

gentle adjective

1. marked by moderate steepness

   Synonyms

   easy

   Examples

   • "a gentle slope"
   • "an easy climb"
2. having little impact

   Synonyms

   easy, soft

   Examples

   • "a gentle breeze"
   • "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"
   • "an easy pat on the shoulder"
   • "gentle rain"
3. having or showing a kindly or tender nature

   Examples

   • "a gentle sensitive nature"
   • "gentle blue eyes"
   • "her gentle manner was comforting"
   • "the gentle touch of her hand"
4. quiet and soothing

   Examples

   • "a gentle nocturne"
   • "a gentle voice"
5. soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

   Synonyms

   soft

   Examples

   • "a gentle reprimand"
   • "a vein of gentle irony"
   • "poked gentle fun at him"
6. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

   Synonyms

   aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, blue, blue, patrician, patrician

   Examples

   • "a blue family"
   • "an aristocratic family"
   • "aristocratic bearing"
   • "aristocratic Bostonians"
   • "aristocratic features"
   • "aristocratic government"
   • "blue blood"
   • "of gentle blood"
   • "patrician landholders of the American South"
   • "patrician tastes"
   • "the blue-blooded aristocracy"
7. easily handled or managed

   Synonyms

   docile, docile

   Example

   • "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

gentle verb

1. stroke soothingly
2. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

   Synonyms

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

   Example

   • "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
3. give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

   Synonyms

   ennoble, entitle

Synonyms of gentle

• appease, assuage, conciliate, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate
• ennoble, entitle
• easy
• easy, soft
• soft
• aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, patrician
• docile

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