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gentle
adjective as in having a mild or kind nature
Strongest matches
affable, amiable, benign, compassionate, considerate, genial, humane, mellow, moderate, placid, pleasant, quiet, soft, tame, tender
Strong matches
cultivated, disciplined, domesticated, pleasing, taught, trained
Weak matches
agreeable, biddable, bland, cool, docile, dove-like, easy, kindly, laid back, lenient, manageable, meek, merciful, pacific, peaceful, pliable, softhearted, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, warmhearted
adjective as in mild, temperate in effect on senses
Example Sentences
It’s not so much that the exhibition itself is negligible, but rather that the interface between an art museum’s basic stand-and-look imperative and television’s gentler armchair mode is awkward.
James is younger and gentler, horrified by the thought of joining his father’s personality cult but lacking other prospects.
It is something he observed in his wife’s grandfather, a lifelong reader and raconteur who retained his gentle voice and erudite air long after the stories in him were lost to Alzheimer’s disease.
Michael Greenburg’s “The Great Miscalculation: The Race to Save New York City’s Citicorp Tower” can be read as a gentle reminder of how one engages with one’s moral courage.
Their gentle rapport, interrupted by her outrageous outbursts, drew attention to the condition which is believed to affect one in a hundred school aged children in the UK.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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