Gentle is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for GENTLE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to tame
• make or become gentle
• touch (a person or animal) gently, typically in order to make them calmer or more docile.
• To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble.
• To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable.
• To make kind and docile, as a horse.
• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
• stroke soothingly
• tame or subdue (a horse)
NOUN:
• a maggot, especially the larva of a blowfly, used as bait.
• One well born; a gentleman.
• A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.
• A dipterous larva used as fish bait.
• maggot, esp when used as bait in fishing
ADJECTIVE:
• mild and refined in manners
• having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character
• moderate in action, effect, or degree; not strong or violent
• (of a slope) gradual
• (of a person) noble or having the qualities attributed to noble birth; courteous and chivalrous.
• mild or kindly
• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
• having or showing a kindly or tender nature
• quiet and soothing
• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
• easily handled or managed
• having little impact
• marked by moderate steepness

Words related to GENTLE

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How to use GENTLE in a sentence

• Indeed, the poor girl had never seen a gentleman before, and towards such her gentle heart turned instinctively.
• He was drawn from his meditation by gentle raps at the door.
• Now it seemed to her as if she heard a gentle knocking below in the house.
• I am proud to have rendered this service to a gentle poet who has given me many hours of delight.
• Until noon our road was over a region of alternate meadow land and gentle though stony elevations, making out from Lebanon.
• The golden sun has sunk to rest, Behind the curtains of the west, And rosy twilight, soft and mild, Brings gentle slumber to my child.
• His first glance was arrested by the beauty of a young lady with light brown hair and gentle grey eyes, who sat near the fire.
• Varney, who, in right of his gentle blood, had pressed into the room before Anthony Foster, knew better what to say than he, and said it with more assurance and a better grace.
• These examples of self-indulgence have been touched upon only by way of preparing the gentle reader for a shock yet more serious.
• If the acid is not at first detected, gentle warming of the bottle in a water-bath will assist the evolution of the vapour.
• Gratitude, to fulfil its gentle ministry, must find some fitting expression.
• His tone was slow and gentle when he spoke of that period.
• Presently a gentle tapping upon the door told Ken that Reddy was in the hall.
• Naturally, being capable of such an act of nicely discriminating courtesy, Viviers has sound traditions of learning and of gentle blood.
• The first time I stopped to talk to her, I was astonished at her soft voice and easy, gentle ways.
• The latter, being a brave fellow, although of so gentle a disposition, had been glad to find a man among his assailants, and had drawn his sword to defend himself.
• I have thus far, under this head, been endeavoring to show the importance of securing, by gentle measures, a majority of the scholars to cooperate with the teacher in his plans.
• He was too much occupied in the preliminaries of his new life to have much leisure just then for further cultivation of the gentle art of insult.
• Absolute gentle fairness and impartiality will decide all difficulties arising.
• The gentle deities Showed me the lore of colors and of sounds, The innumerable tenements of beauty.
• Whether the eyes have served their owner well or ill the gentle reader will judge.
• They were of different sizes, and fore and aft floated their flags to the gentle breeze.
• His gentle eyes lost the mysticism that had come with his years of sorrow and baffling toil, and a stern, dignified power shone straight out over the young woman at his side.
• When the hero finally did appear, Ruth became filled with gentle self-mockery.
• Immediately after the ground began to heave with a long and gentle swell, producing giddiness and faintness among the people.
• Soon after their return, a gentle breeze sprang up from the westward, we raised anchor, and approached the entrance of the river.

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