ADJECTIVE | all | gentle, soft | soft and mild |
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all | gentle | having or showing a kindly or tender nature | |
all | gentle | quiet and soothing | |
all | gentle, aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, patrician | belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | |
all | gentle, docile | easily handled or managed | |
all | gentle, easy, soft | having little impact | |
all | gentle, easy | marked by moderate steepness | |
VERB | emotion | gentle, pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gruntle | cause to be more favorably inclined |
social | gentle, ennoble, entitle | give a title / title to someone | |
contact | gentle | stroke soothingly |
Sounds | jheh'nahl; jheh'ntahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Soft and mild; not harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh or stern or severe. | |
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Synonym | soft | |
Broader | mild | moderate in type or degree or effect or force |
Spanish | ligero, suave, tenue | |
Catalan | lleuger, suau | |
Nouns | gentleness | acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered |
Meaning | Having or showing a kindly or tender nature. | |
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Broader | kind | Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature |
Spanish | bondadoso, compasivo, tierno | |
Nouns | gentleness | acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered |
Meaning | quiet and soothing. | |
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Broader | soft | (of sound) relatively low in volume |
Nouns | gentleness | acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered |
Adverbs | gently | in a gentle manner |
Meaning | belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. | |
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Example | "of gentle blood" | |
Synonyms | aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, patrician | |
Broader | noble | Of or belonging to or constituting / constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times |
Spanish | aristocrática, aristocrático | |
Catalan | aristocràtic | |
Nouns | gentility | elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression |
Meaning | easily handled or managed. | |
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Example | "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" | |
Synonym | docile | |
Broader | tame, tamed | Brought from wildness into a domesticated state |
Spanish | dócil |
Meaning | Having little impact. | |
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Synonyms | easy, soft | |
Broader | light | Of little intensity or power or force |
Spanish | suave | |
Catalan | suau | |
Nouns | gentleness | acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered |
Adverbs | gently | with little weight or force |
Meaning | marked by moderate steepness. | |
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Example | "a gentle slope" | |
Synonym | easy | |
Broader | gradual | (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt |
Spanish | suave | |
Nouns | gentleness | the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual |
Adverbs | gently | in a gradual manner |
Meaning | Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gruntle | |
Broader | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, aplacar, calmar, pacificar, sosegar, suavizar | |
Catalan | alleujar, apaivagar, aplacar, assossegar, conciliar, pacificar, suavitzar |
Meaning | Give a title / title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | ennoble, entitle | |
Narrower | baronetize, baronetise | confer baronetcy upon |
knight, dub | Raise (someone) to knighthood | |
lord | make a lord of someone | |
Broader | promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate | Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
Spanish | ennoblecer |
Meaning | Stroke soothingly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Broader | pet | Stroke or caress gently |
Spanish | hacer cariño |
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