Synonyms: gentle
Definition: stroke soothingly
Synonyms: placate, gruntle, gentle, lenify, pacify, mollify, conciliate, appease, assuage
Definition: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Usage: She managed to mollify the angry customer
Similar words: still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten
Definition: make calm or still
Usage: quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Synonyms: ennoble, entitle, gentle
Definition: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Similar words: upgrade, raise, promote, elevate, kick upstairs, advance
Definition: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Usage: John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired; Women tend not to advance in the major law firms; I got promoted after many years of hard work
Definition: marked by moderate steepness
Usage: an easy climb; a gentle slope
Similar words: gradual
Definition: (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt
Usage: a gradual slope
Definition: having little impact
Usage: an easy pat on the shoulder; gentle rain; a gentle breeze; a soft (or light) tapping at the window
Similar words: light
Definition: of little intensity or power or force
Usage: the light touch of her fingers; a light breeze
Synonyms: gentle
Definition: having or showing a kindly or tender nature
Usage: the gentle touch of her hand; her gentle manner was comforting; a gentle sensitive nature; gentle blue eyes
Similar words: kind
Definition: having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
Usage: kind to sick patients; a kind master; kind words showing understanding and sympathy; thanked her for her kind letter
Synonyms: gentle
Definition: quiet and soothing
Usage: a gentle voice; a gentle nocturne
Definition: soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
Usage: a gentle reprimand; a vein of gentle irony; poked gentle fun at him
Similar words: mild
Definition: moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
Usage: a mild winter storm; a mild fever; fortunately the pain was mild; a mild rebuke; mild criticism
Synonyms: patrician, gentle, blue, blue-blooded, aristocratic, aristocratical
Definition: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Usage: an aristocratic family; aristocratic Bostonians; aristocratic government; a blue family; blue blood; the blue-blooded aristocracy; of gentle blood; patrician landholders of the American South; aristocratic bearing; aristocratic features; patrician tastes
Similar words: noble
Definition: of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
Usage: of noble birth
Definition: easily handled or managed
Usage: a gentle old horse, docile and obedient
Definition: brought from wildness into a domesticated state
Usage: tame animals; fields of tame blueberries