different between harsh vs ungentle
harsh
English
Etymology
From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”); the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /h???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
Adjective
harsh (comparative harsher, superlative harshest)
- Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
- Severe or cruel.
Antonyms
- genteel
Translations
Verb
harsh (third-person singular simple present harshes, present participle harshing, simple past and past participle harshed)
- (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
- (transitive, slang) to put a damper on (a mood).
Synonyms
- rough
Derived terms
- harshly
- harshness
Translations
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ungentle
English
Etymology
From un- +? gentle.
Adjective
ungentle (comparative more ungentle, superlative most ungentle)
- Showing a lack of gentleness, kindness or compassion.
- Synonyms: cruel, harsh, rough, unkind
- 1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia by Thomas More, London: Abraham Vele, Book 1,[1]
- […] Moyses lawe, thoughe it were vngentle and sharpe […] yet it punnyshed thefte by the purse, and not wyth deathe.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act V, Scene 1,[2]
- You have […] made us doff our easy robes of peace,
- To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel:
- 1770, Francis Gentleman, The Dramatic Censor, London: J. Bell, Volume 2, p. 110,[3]
- […] a well-conceived squabble arises, and very ungentle terms ensue:
- 1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, London: T. C. Newby, Volume 2, Chapter , p. 253,[4]
- At length, however, the boisterous pastime terminated—suddenly, as might be expected: the little one was hurt and began to cry; and its ungentle playfellow tossed it into its mother’s lap, bidding her “make all straight.”
- 1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, New York: HarperCollins, Chapter 12.16, p. 805,[5]
- ‘Dagh Sahib, a woman by herself—what place can she find in an ungentle world?’
- (obsolete) Not acting according to accepted ethics or standards of behaviour.
- Synonyms: base, villainous, wicked
- 1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, King Henry VI, year 15, p. 135,[6]
- […] this vngentle prince, and forgetfull frend, puttyng in obliuion, bothe the dutie of his obeysaunce, toward his souereigne and liege lorde, and the oth and promise, that he made to kyng Henry, […] turned his backe to his frend and kynsman, and loked to the French part, whiche neuer did hym honor nor profite,
- 1579, Anthony Munday, The Mirrour of Mutabilitie, London: John Allde, Book 2,[7]
- What more deceit? then look thy Fréend in face:
- And woork his death, in most vngentle case.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act III, Scene 2,[8]
- Ungentle queen, to call him gentle Suffolk!
- No more, I say: if thou dost plead for him,
- Thou wilt but add increase unto my wrath.
- 1629, John Ford, The Lover’s Melancholy, London: H. Seile, Act III, Scene 1, p. 42,[9]
- I will reward thee:
- But as for him, vngentle Boy, Ile whip
- His falshood with a vengeance.
Derived terms
- ungentleness
- ungently
Translations
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