Definitions For Gentle

verb

  • Stroke soothingly
  • Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

adjective

  • Marked by moderate steepness
  • Having little impact
  • Having or showing a kindly or tender nature
  • Quiet and soothing
  • Soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
  • Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
  • Easily handled or managed

Is Gentle a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Gentle is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Gentle in a Sentence

  • A dog that is gentle with children
  • Your mother has a gentle manner.
  • A gentle sense of humor
  • The archbishop treated both the gentles and the commoners with respect and kindness
  • Employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day
  • Soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet

Synonyms for Gentle

Antonyms for Gentle

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