gentle vs violent vs rough vs strict
Definitions
adjective
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- easily handled or managed
- quiet and soothing
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- having little impact
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
Examples
But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
Now, gentlemen, standing up here before you, I feel a good deal like Pat, and maybe after Ive spieled along for a while, I may feel so darn small that Ill be able to crawl into a Pullman hammock with no trouble at all, at all!
Put all the fruit in a saucepan on a gentle heat and add a couple of tablespoons of caster sugar and a slug of something pleasantly alcoholic such as brandy, whisky or even sherry.
Definitions
adjective
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
- acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
- marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
Examples
Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.
She slumped down in her chair and tried to absorb this violent, absurd disruption to her well-ordered life.
Still, the doctor is not convinced, but he does offer his story of a murderous ventriloquist whose dummy seemed more alive, and violent, than he was.
