Gentle Definition

jĕntl
gentled, gentler, gentles, gentlest, gentling
adjective
gentler, gentlest
Belonging to the upper classes or polite society.
Webster's New World
Kindly; serene; patient.
A gentle disposition.
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Generous; kind.
Gentle reader.
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Easily handled; tame.
A gentle dog.
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Like or suitable to polite society; refined, courteous, etc.
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noun
gentles
A person of the upper classes.
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One of good birth or relatively high station.
American Heritage

(archaic) A maggot used as bait by anglers.

Wiktionary

A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

Wiktionary
verb
gentled, gentles, gentling
To make gentle, mild, or pleasant.
Webster's New World
To tame or train (a horse or other animal)
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To calm or soothe as by stroking.
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To raise to the social status of a gentleman.
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Wiktionary
idiom
the gentle craft
  • fishing
  • shoemaking
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gentle

Adjective

Base Form:
gentle
Comparative:
gentler
Superlative:
gentlest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Gentle

  • the gentle craft

Origin of Gentle

  • Middle English gentil courteous, noble from Old French from Latin gentīlis of the same clan from gēns gent- clan genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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”)

    From Wiktionary

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