The meaning of Gentle

adjective

Of, belonging to, or typical of the aristocracy.

Usage examples:

An aristocratic family

adjective

Well meaning and kindly.

Usage examples:

He was something of a benevolent despot

adjective

Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding

adjective

Gentle and kindly.

Usage examples:

His benign but firm manner

adjective

A blue-blooded person has been born into a family that belongs to the highest social class.

adjective

(of weather) mild.

Usage examples:

It is a very clement day

adjective

Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.

Usage examples:

I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds

adjective

Careful not to inconvenience or harm others.

Usage examples:

She was unfailingly kind and considerate

adjective

Caring about and respectful of others

Usage examples:

He is always a kind and considerate host.

noun

A select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.

Usage examples:

The elite of britain's armed forces

noun

Those people or organizations that are considered the best or most powerful compared to others of a similar type

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Elite female athletes

noun

The richest, most powerful, best educated, or best trained people in a particular group or society

Usage examples:

The corporate/financial/media elite

adjective

Patient and restrained.

Usage examples:

He proved to be remarkably forbearing whenever i was impatient or angry

verb

Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain.

Usage examples:

He modestly forbears to include his own work

adjective

Patient and forgiving

Usage examples:

The minister praised what he called her "kind and forbearing nature".

adjective

Ready and willing to forgive.

Usage examples:

Taylor was in a forgiving mood

verb

Stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence, flaw, or mistake.

Usage examples:

I'll never forgive david for the way he treated her

adjective

Friendly and welcoming toward other people

adjective

Having or showing compassion or benevolence.

Usage examples:

Regulations ensuring the humane treatment of animals

adjective

Showing kindness, care, and sympathy toward others, esp. those who are suffering

Usage examples:

She felt it was more humane to kill the injured animal quickly than to let it suffer.

noun

A group of people or things having similar characteristics.

Usage examples:

All kinds of music

adjective

Having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature.

Usage examples:

She was a good, kind woman

Having a tender and considerate and helpful nature

adjective

(of a person) showing a lot of care and kindness for other people

adverb

In a kind manner.

Usage examples:

‘never mind,’ she said kindly

adjective

Kind, warm-hearted, or gentle.

Usage examples:

He was a quiet, kindly man

adjective

(of a person) having a character that is generous, helpful, and caring about other people

Usage examples:

A kindly man, they treated me kindly.

adjective

(of a punishment or person in authority) more merciful or tolerant than expected.

Usage examples:

In the view of the court the sentence was too lenient

adjective

Not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected

Usage examples:

Some felt that five years in prison was lenient, considering the suffering he had caused., the defe…

noun

The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.

Usage examples:

The light of the sun

verb

Provide with light or lighting; illuminate.

Usage examples:

The room was lit by a number of small lamps

adjective

Having a considerable or sufficient amount of natural light; not dark.

Usage examples:

The bedrooms are light and airy

adjective

Showing or exercising mercy.

Usage examples:

William did not believe in being merciful to those who fought against him

adjective

Showing or giving forgiveness

adjective

Kind and forgiving

Usage examples:

Judges are sometimes more merciful than a jury.

adjective

Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

Usage examples:

We walked at a moderate pace

noun

A person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.

Usage examples:

An unlikely alliance of radicals and moderates

verb

Make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent.

Usage examples:

I shall not moderate my criticism

adjective

Belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy.

Usage examples:

The medieval palace was once owned by a noble florentine family

noun

(especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth.

Usage examples:

The greater a noble's military power, the more land he could control

noun

An aristocrat or nobleman.

Usage examples:

Ideology justifies the rule of each ruling class, whether as chieftains, patricians, landowners, or…

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the aristocracy.

Usage examples:

A proud, patrician face

noun

A person of high social class

Usage examples:

She is descended from a long line of patricians

adjective

Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.

Usage examples:

A very pleasant evening

adjective

Enjoyable or attractive, or (of a person) friendly and easy to like

Usage examples:

We spent a pleasant afternoon at the beach., she had a pleasant manner and was popular with everyon…

adjective

Elegant or stylishly luxurious.

Usage examples:

A posh hotel

adverb

In a refined or upper-class way.

Usage examples:

He may talk posh, but there is nothing fancy about basil

noun

The quality of being elegant, stylish, or upper class.

Usage examples:

We finally bought a colour tv, which seemed the height of posh

idiom

To have a high social position and be rich from birth

adjective

Easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch.

Usage examples:

Soft margarine

adverb

(of a consonant) pronounced as a fricative (as c in ice ).

adjective

Not hard or firm; changing its shape when pressed

Usage examples:

The crabs are plucked from the water before their soft shells have had a chance to harden., the bab…

adjective

Feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.

Usage examples:

She was sympathetic towards staff with family problems

adjective

Showing, esp. by what you say, that you understand and care about someone’s problems or suffering

Usage examples:

He suffers from back trouble too, so he was sympathetic., we are sympathetic to that point of view …

adjective

Showing gentleness, kindness, and affection.

Usage examples:

He was being so kind and tender

verb

Offer or present (something) formally.

Usage examples:

He tendered his resignation as leader

noun

An offer to carry out work, supply goods, or buy land, shares, or another asset at a stated fixed price.

Usage examples:

We invited tenders for up to three more frigates

adjective

Very kind and showing a lot of sympathy

adjective

(of a person) having a title indicating high social or official rank.

Usage examples:

Many titled guests were always invited

verb

Give a name to (a book, composition, or other work).

Usage examples:

A report titled the lost land

adjective

With the title of

Usage examples:

Reed wrote a novel about sade titled "when the whip comes down"., one of his titled friends

adjective

Of very high quality

Usage examples:

She brought together a team of top-drawer designers and engineers.

noun

The ability to understand something; comprehension.

Usage examples:

Foreign visitors with little understanding of english

adjective

Sympathetically aware of other people's feelings; tolerant and forgiving.

Usage examples:

A kind and understanding man

verb

Perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker).

Usage examples:

He didn't understand a word i said

adjective

Used to describe products and services that are of a high quality compared to others

Usage examples:

The prices of upmarket tour operators are often discounted at the last minute., he had a plan to tu…

noun

The group of people who have the highest position and the most social and economic influence in a society

noun

A social group consisting of the people who have the highest social rank and who are usually rich

Usage examples:

The upper classes usually send their children to private schools., she comes from a very upper-clas…

noun

People who have the highest social position and are usually rich

Usage examples:

Many treasures were brought back to britain because its upper crust was wealthy and liked travellin…