ungentle

adjective

un·gen·tle ˌən-ˈjen-tᵊl

Synonyms of ungentle next

: not gentle : lacking in softness, delicacy, etc. : harsh, rough

an ungentle touch

… with the two gentlemen pursuing their ungentle quarrel in magazines, television studios, and courtrooms …—

Hendrik Hertzberg

ungently

ˌən-ˈjent-lē

adverb

… taking him, not ungently, by the loose front of his red woollen shirt … —

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