Main entry: gentle
Definition: stroke soothingly
Main entry: placate, gruntle, gentle, lenify, pacify, mollify, conciliate, appease, assuage
Definition: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Usage: She managed to mollify the angry customer
Main entry: ennoble, entitle, gentle
Definition: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Definition: marked by moderate steepness
Usage: an easy climb; a gentle slope
Main entry: easy, gentle, soft
Definition: having little impact
Usage: an easy pat on the shoulder; gentle rain; a gentle breeze; a soft (or light) tapping at the window
Main entry: gentle
Definition: having or showing a kindly or tender nature
Usage: the gentle touch of her hand; her gentle manner was comforting; a gentle sensitive nature; gentle blue eyes
Main entry: gentle
Definition: quiet and soothing
Usage: a gentle voice; a gentle nocturne
Definition: soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
Usage: a gentle reprimand; a vein of gentle irony; poked gentle fun at him
Main entry: patrician, gentle, blue, blue-blooded, aristocratic, aristocratical
Definition: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Usage: an aristocratic family; aristocratic Bostonians; aristocratic government; a blue family; blue blood; the blue-blooded aristocracy; of gentle blood; patrician landholders of the American South; aristocratic bearing; aristocratic features; patrician tastes
Definition: easily handled or managed
Usage: a gentle old horse, docile and obedient