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Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.

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  1. a. Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
  2. adj. not of the nobility
  3. Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh. Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. Shak. That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.
  4. Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. Shak.That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native anduncultivated grapes. Hawthorne.-- Un*gen"tle*ness, n.-- Un*gen"tly, adv.