- kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- not severe, rough, or violent; mild: a gentle wind;a gentle tap on the shoulder.
- moderate: gentle heat.
- gradual: a gentle slope.
- of good birth or family; wellborn.
- characteristic of good birth; honorable; respectable: a gentle upbringing.
- easily handled or managed; tractable: a gentle animal.
- soft or low: a gentle sound.
- polite; refined: Consider, gentle reader, my terrible predicament at this juncture.
- entitled to a coat of arms; armigerous.
- noble; chivalrous: a gentle knight.
- to tame; render tractable.
- to mollify; calm; pacify.
- to make gentle.
- to stroke; soothe by petting.
- to ennoble; dignify.
- having a mild or kindly nature or character
- soft or temperate; mild; moderate
- gradual
- easily controlled; tame
- of good breeding; noble
- gallant; chivalrous
- to tame or subdue (a horse)
- to appease or mollify
- to ennoble or dignify
- a maggot, esp when used as bait in fishing
- a person who is of good breeding
