gentles
Makes more docile
Gentles is an archaic or literary plural of gentle used as a noun, meaning people of good breeding or high social standing.
It appears in formal address, particularly in Shakespeare: Gentles, do not reprehend.
The singular gentle once meant a person of noble birth, now obsolete except in this ceremonial plural.
Gently relieves distress
- quietsReduces noise or agitation
- softensReduces intensity or hardness
- easesReduces severity or difficulty
- pacifiesBrings to calm
mollifies · appeases · placates · subdues · tames · settles · stills · hushes
Gentle loving touch
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- warmthHeat you feel
softness · kindness · nurture · caring · sensitivity · fondness · sweetness · comfort
Immature fly stage
- wormLimbless soil invertebrate
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- grubFood or larva
- casterRolling furniture attachment
pinkie · redworm · bloodworm · mealworm · waxworm · earthworm · nightcrawler · invertebrate
soothes
Gently relieves distress
- quietsReduces noise or agitation
- softensReduces intensity or hardness
- easesReduces severity or difficulty
pacifies · mollifies · appeases · placates · subdues · tames · settles · stills · hushes · lulls
caress
Gentle loving touch
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
warmth · softness · kindness · nurture · caring · sensitivity · fondness · sweetness · comfort · solace
maggot
Immature fly stage
caster · pinkie · redworm · bloodworm · mealworm · waxworm · earthworm · nightcrawler · invertebrate · wiggler
fly-fishing
Catching trout with artificial lures
- baitfishingFishing using lures
- hookCurved catching device
- lineContinuous mark or queue
cast · tackle · fisherman · riverbank · stream · catch-and-release · trout · carp · roach · bream
gentlesagitates
Provokes unrest or motion
aggravates · riles · upsets · disturbs · provokes
gentlesroughens
Makes less smooth
harshens · brutalizes · mistreats · abuses · manhandles
- be gentleAct with care
- gentle giantLarge but kindhearted being
- gentle breezeMild movement of air
- gentle reminderPolite prompt to remember
- gentle nudge
- gentle tone
gentle, gently, gentleness, gentler, gentlest, gentled, gentling, ungentle