ungentle

Examples

• All

• His ungentle remarks during the meeting made everyone uncomfortable.

• And yesternight, at supper, you suddenly arose, and walk'd about, musing and sighing, with your arms across, and when I ask'd you what the matter was, you stared upon me with ungentle looks.

  Me and Orson Welles (2008)

• Many of them are very, very ungentle, making me look like a real gentle cat.

  Blog text (18)

• They spoke, for example, of ungentle gentlemen.

• I talk about what holds us back: the ungentle voices in our heads, the secrets waiting to trip us up.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Indeed, we're often the most discourteous and ungentle to those who are nearest and dearest to us: our spouses, our children, and our parents.

  Blog text (20)

• What stern, ungentle hands... have lopped and hewed and made thy body bare of her two branches?

  Titus (1999)

• Her life arcs before her eyes like a joke on rainbows, a wobbly trail of fizzled careers, changes of address, ungentle men.

  Fiction book (1999)

• She was often criticized for her ungentle behavior towards her coworkers.

Synonyms

M

mean

vsungentle

699 2.2

Unkind and cruel toward other people

is about general harsh or rough behaviour rather than intentional desire to hurt

U

unkind

vsungentle

44 1.0

Not friendly or caring to other people

is more about harsh or rough manner and action rather than simple coldness

U

unforgiving

vsungentle

35 5.8

Not willing to forgive someone and acting without mercy

is about general harshness in manner rather than unwillingness to pardon

U

unfriendly

vsungentle

22 1.9

Not kind or warm to other people

is about active harshness or rough action rather than mere coldness

A

abrasive

vsungentle

18 6.5

Showing little concern for other people's feelings

is focused on brusque directness rather than general lack of kindness

U

uncivil

vsungentle

9 6.0

Not polite and rude to other people

is harsher and rougher in manner or action rather than only rude speech

U

uncharitable

vsungentle

5 6.7

Not kind or generous and quick to judge others harshly

is general lack of kindness in manners or actions rather than only harsh judgment

U

ungracious

vsungentle

4 6.7

Rude and not polite or kind

is rougher or harsher in manner and action rather than only impoliteness

U

unsparing

vsungentle

2 7.9

Very harsh and not forgiving when criticizing or acting

is a general lack of kindness rather than focused ruthless treatment

U

unmerciful

vsungentle

2 7.1

Being very cruel and not kind to others

is broader harshness and lack of kindness rather than extreme cruelty

U

ungentlemanly

vsungentle

1 7.0

Rude or unfair behavior that shows little respect for others

is about broad harshness or lack of kindness rather than merely bad gentlemanly manners

U

unmannerly

vsungentle

1 6.3

Not polite and often rude to others

is focused on rudeness and social rules rather than overall harshness

U

ungallant

vsungentle

1 9.1

Not polite or kind to other people

is more general harshness in manner or action rather than only social discourtesy

U

unhandsome

vsungentle

• Archaic

1 8.1

Not kind or fair in how someone treats others

is about roughness or lack of kindness in manner rather than unfair treatment specifically

U

unmannered

vsungentle

1 7.2

Not showing good manners toward others

is about general harshness or rough action rather than merely bad manners

U

unchivalrous

vsungentle

1 8.6

Not polite or kind to someone in a social situation

is about harsh or rough behaviour rather than absence of formal courtesy

U

untender

vsungentle

7.9

Not gentle or kind in manner and not soft in feel

focuses on harshness in manner or action rather than physical texture

U

ungentled

vsungentle

• Archaic

9.8

Not used to people and hard to touch or train

is about harsh or rough behaviour rather than the process of becoming soft

U

unpitying

vsungentle

8.8

Not showing kindness or mercy when others suffer

is a broader lack of kindness rather than only absence of sympathy

M

meanspirited

vsungentle

• Offensive

7.4

Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people

is broader harshness or rough action rather than deliberately petty cruelty

N

noncharitable

vsungentle

6.7

Not showing kindness to other people

is more about rough or harsh manner rather than simply lacking generosity

U

uncordial

vsungentle

• Archaic

8.9

Not friendly or warm in behavior

is harsher in manner or action rather than merely lacking warmth

U

untactful

vsungentle

7.2

Not careful about other people's feelings when you speak or act, making others feel bad

is about blunt or insensitive social behaviour rather than deliberate harshness

U

ungenteel

vsungentle

• Archaic

9.9

Not polite and not showing good manners

is about lack of refinement or polish rather than deliberate harshness

U

ungentlemanlike

vsungentle

8.0

Not acting politely or respectfully toward others

is about rough or harsh action rather than failing to meet gentlemanly standards

I

ill-natured

vsungentle

7.4

Being easily annoyed and often unkind to others

is about rough or harsh manner and action rather than constant bad temperament

Antonyms

G

gentle

235 1.0

Kind and not strong in action, sound, or touch

How Gentle

tender

110 1.6

gentle

235 1.0

ungentle

1 7.7

harsh

289 2.8

cruel

522 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology