gentle
violent, severe or strong:
He seized her by the arm in an ungentle grip.
He was tall, strong, and ungentle.
Oppositegentle
He noticed the king's ungentle sense of humour.
These competitions are notoriously ungentle, with a big prize at stake.
The accident was caused by his ungentle handling of the delicate machine.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanly
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
trenchancy
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
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