Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ungentle"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ungentle \Un*gen"tle\, a.
Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.

Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. --Shak.

That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our
native and uncultivated grapes. --Hawthorne.
-- {Un*gen"tle*ness}, n. -- {Un*gen"tly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ungentle
adj : not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth";
"untitled civilians" [syn: {ignoble}, {untitled}]


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