ungentle

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Showing a lack of gentleness, kindness or compassion.

   • […] Moyses lawe, thoughe it were vngentle and sharpe […] yet it punnyshed thefte by the purse, and not wyth deathe.
   • You haue deceiu'd our truſt, / And made vs doffe our eaſie roabes of peace, / To cruſh our old limbs in vngentle ſteele, / This is not vvell my Lord, this is not vvell.
   • [A] well-conceived squabble arises, and very ungentle terms ensue: […]
2. 2

   Not acting according to accepted ethics or standards of behaviour.

   • What more deceit? then look thy Fréend in face: / And woork his death, in most vngentle case.
   • Ungentle queen, to call him gentle Suffolk! / No more, I say: if thou dost plead for him, / Thou wilt but add increase unto my wrath.

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