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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