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  1. 1. a. Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. not of the nobility Source: wordnet
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 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. Source: adambom

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