gentle

Adjective

• marked by moderate steepness
  • an easy climb
    
  • a gentle slope
    

• having little impact
  • an easy pat on the shoulder
    
  • gentle rain
    
  • a gentle breeze
    
  • a soft (or light) tapping at the window
    

• easily handled or managed
  • a gentle old horse, docile and obedient
    

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
  • an aristocratic family
    
  • aristocratic Bostonians
    
  • aristocratic government
    
  • a blue family
    
  • blue blood
    
  • the blue-blooded aristocracy
    
  • of gentle blood
    
  • patrician landholders of the American South
    
  • aristocratic bearing
    
  • aristocratic features
    
  • patrician tastes
    

• quiet and soothing
  • a gentle voice
    
  • a gentle nocturne
    

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature
  • the gentle touch of her hand
    
  • her gentle manner was comforting
    
  • a gentle sensitive nature
    
  • gentle blue eyes
    

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
  • a gentle reprimand
    
  • a vein of gentle irony
    
  • poked gentle fun at him
    

Verb

• stroke soothingly

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • She managed to mollify the angry customer
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  easy , soft , docile , aristocratic , aristocratical , blue , blue-blooded , patrician , ennoble , entitle , pacify , lenify , conciliate , assuage , appease , mollify , placate , gruntle