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gentle

having or showing a kindly or tender nature; "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"

quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"

stroke soothingly

Synonyms:

• accepting,
• acclimate,
• acclimatize,
• accommodate,
• accustom,
• adapt,
• adjust,
• affable,
• agreeable,
• ambling,
• amiable,
• appease,
• aristocratic,
• balmy,
• barely audible,
• bed,
• bed down,
• benign,
• bland,
• bleeding,
• bonhomous,
• break,
• break in,
• break to harness,
• bridle,
• broken,
• brush,
• bust,
• calm,
• calm down,
• case harden,
• cautious,
• charitable,
• chastened,
• chivalrous,
• circumspect,
• claudicant,
• clement,
• commiserative,
• compassionate,
• complaisant,
• compose,
• condition,
• condolent,
• confirm,
• controllable,
• cool,
• cordial,
• cradle,
• crawling,
• creeping,
• creeping like snail,
• cultivated,
• cultured,
• curry,
• currycomb,
• cushion,
• dainty,
• decrescendo,
• deliberate,
• delicate,
• dim,
• distant,
• docile,
• domesticate,
• domesticated,
• domesticize,
• dovelike,
• drench,
• ducal,
• dulcify,
• ease,
• easy,
• easy-natured,
• easygoing,
• establish,
• even out,
• exalted,
• faint,
• faint-voiced,
• faltering,
• familiarize,
• feeble,
• feed,
• fix,
• flagging,
• fluff,
• fodder,
• foot-dragging,
• forbearant,
• forbearing,
• forgiving,
• genial,
• genteel,
• gentlemanlike,
• gentlemanly,
• good-humored,
• good-natured,
• good-tempered,
• gracious,
• gradual,
• groom,
• habituate,
• halcyon,
• half-heard,
• halting,
• handle,
• harden,
• harness,
• high,
• highbred,
• hitch,
• hobbled,
• hobbling,
• housebreak,
• housebroken,
• human,
• humane,
• humble,
• hush,
• hushed,
• idle,
• indistinct,
• indolent,
• indulgent,
• inure,
• judicious,
• kind,
• kindly,
• kinglike,
• kingly,
• knead,
• knightly,
• ladylike,
• lamblike,
• languid,
• languorous,
• lax,
• laxate,
• lazy,
• leisurely,
• lenient,
• light,
• limber,
• limber up,
• limping,
• litter,
• loosen,
• low,
• lull,
• lumbering,
• manage,
• manageable,
• mash,
• massage,
• meek,
• mellow,
• mellowy,
• melting,
• merciful,
• mild,
• mild as milk,
• milden,
• milk,
• moderate,
• mollified,
• mollify,
• murmured,
• naturalize,
• noble,
• nonresistive,
• nonrigid,
• nonviolent,
• of gentle blood,
• of rank,
• orient,
• orientate,
• pacific,
• pacifistic,
• pacify,
• patient,
• patrician,
• peaceable,
• peaceful,
• pianissimo,
• piano,
• pitying,
• placid,
• pleasant,
• pleasing,
• plump,
• poking,
• poky,
• polished,
• pour balm into,
• princelike,
• princely,
• prudent,
• pulp,
• queenlike,
• queenly,
• quell,
• quiet,
• quite the lady,
• refined,
• relax,
• relaxed,
• reluctant,
• rest,
• restful,
• rock,
• rock to sleep,
• rub down,
• ruthful,
• saddle,
• sauntering,
• scarcely heard,
• season,
• serene,
• shake up,
• shuffling,
• slack,
• slothful,
• slow,
• slow as death,
• slow as molasses,
• slow as slow,
• slow-crawling,
• slow-foot,
• slow-going,
• slow-legged,
• slow-moving,
• slow-paced,
• slow-poky,
• slow-running,
• slow-sailing,
• slow-stepped,
• sluggish,
• smash,
• smooth,
• smooth down,
• smooth over,
• smoothen,
• snail-paced,
• snaillike,
• sober,
• soft,
• soft as putty,
• soft-sounding,
• soft-voiced,
• soften,
• soften up,
• softened,
• softhearted,
• soothe,
• soothing,
• squash,
• stabilize,
• staggering,
• steady,
• still,
• strolling,
• subaudible,
• subdue,
• subdued,
• supple,
• sweet,
• sweet-tempered,
• sympathetic,
• sympathizing,
• tame,
• tamed,
• temperate,
• tend,
• tender,
• tenderhearted,
• tenderize,
• tentative,
• thoughtful,
• titled,
• toddling,
• tolerant,
• tone down,
• tortoiselike,
• tottering,
• tractable,
• train,
• tranquil,
• tranquilize,
• trudging,
• tune down,
• turtlelike,
• unclear,
• understanding,
• undisturbed,
• unhurried,
• unruffled,
• untroubled,
• waddling,
• warmhearted,
• water,
• weak,
• weak-voiced,
• well-bred,
• well-brought-up,
• well-natured,
• whisper-soft,
• whispered,
• wont,
• yoke