| gentle | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate | cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" |
| ~ calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull | make calm or still.; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" |
| v. (social) | 2. ennoble, entitle, gentle | give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility. |
| ~ elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" |
| ~ baronetise, baronetize | confer baronetcy upon.; "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country" |
| ~ lord | make a lord of someone. |
| ~ knight, dub | raise (someone) to knighthood.; "The Beatles were knighted" |
| v. (contact) | 3. gentle | stroke soothingly. |
| ~ pet | stroke or caress gently.; "pet the lamb" |
| adj. | 4. gentle, soft | soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe.; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him" |
| ~ mild | moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme.; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism" |
| adj. | 5. gentle | having or showing a kindly or tender nature.; "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes" |
| ~ kind | having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior.; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter" |
| adj. | 6. gentle | quiet and soothing.; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne" |
| ~ soft | (of sound) relatively low in volume.; "soft voices"; "soft music" |
| adj. | 7. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician | belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.; "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" |
| ~ noble | of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times.; "of noble birth" |
| adj. | 8. docile, gentle | easily handled or managed.; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" |
| ~ tamed, tame | brought from wildness into a domesticated state.; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" |
| adj. | 9. easy, gentle, soft | having little impact.; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window" |
| ~ light | of little intensity or power or force.; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze" |
| adj. | 10. easy, gentle | marked by moderate steepness.; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope" |
| ~ gradual | (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt.; "a gradual slope" |
| meek | | |
| adj. | 1. meek, mild, modest | humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.; "meek and self-effacing" |
| ~ humble | marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful.; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions" |
| adj. | 2. meek, tame | very docile.; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse" |
| ~ docile | willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed.; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" |
| adj. | 3. meek, spiritless | evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant.; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient" |
| ~ submissive | inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination.; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" |
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