Ungentle

Quick meaning: Ungentle is an adjective meaning Showing a lack of gentleness, kindness or compassion.

Meaning

Showing a lack of gentleness, kindness or compassion.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Not acting according to accepted ethics or standards of behaviour.

Example Sentences

[A] well-conceived squabble arises, and very ungentle terms ensue: […]

Dagh Sahib, a woman by herself—what place can she find in an ungentle world?

What more deceit? then look thy Fréend in face: / And woork his death, in most vngentle case.

[…] Moyses lawe, thoughe it were vngentle and sharpe […] yet it punnyshed thefte by the purse, and not wyth deathe.

Word Forms

• ungentler
• ungentlest

Synonyms for ungentle

Depending on context, synonyms include cruel, harsh, rough, unkind, base, villainous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ignoble, untitled, lowborn, canna, untender, unkind.

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