ungentle
adjective
un·gen·tle
ˌən-ˈjen-tᵊl 
ungently
adverb
… taking him, not ungently, by the loose front of his red woollen shirt …
—
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
ungently told her no
Examples of ungentle in a Sentence
a demanding and ungentle land that was not for the fainthearted
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But going back to trying to be gentle in ungentle times.
—Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2020
Notes From an Apocalypse is a gentle argument for coming to terms with the precarity of life, published in a moment where people are facing its fragility in an immediate and ungentle context.
—Kate Knibbs, Wired, 16 Apr. 2020
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Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2020
Notes From an Apocalypse is a gentle argument for coming to terms with the precarity of life, published in a moment where people are facing its fragility in an immediate and ungentle context.
—Kate Knibbs, Wired, 16 Apr. 2020
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“Ungentle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ungentle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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