Thesaurus / gentle
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Our spacious villa looked directly onto the gentle curve of Polo Beach.
A MAUI VACATION IN THREE ACTSALEX PULASKIFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAfterward, you can expect to wash the blanket on your machine’s delicate settings with a gentle detergent.
BEST HEATED THROW BLANKET: BUNDLE UP WITH THESE ELECTRIC BLANKETSPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 11, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEBe sure to wash your heated vest with cool water with the machine’s gentle setting.
BEST HEATED VEST: BEAT THE COLD WEATHER WITH THE RIGHT WINTER GEARPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 9, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEGorilla Glue told TMZ that rubbing alcohol, a gentle combing and a delicate shampoo would likely be the best solution for Brown.
SHE USED GORILLA GLUE AS HAIRSPRAY. AFTER 15 WASHES AND A TRIP TO THE ER, IT STILL WON’T BUDGE.LATESHIA BEACHUMFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat gentle evolution gives astronomers a unique opportunity to use TRAPPIST-1 and TOI-178 as testbeds for planetary theory.
TWO EXOPLANET FAMILIES REDEFINE WHAT PLANETARY SYSTEMS CAN LOOK LIKELISA GROSSMANFEBRUARY 5, 2021SCIENCE NEWSHis friends and colleagues in the legal community spent Thursday wondering who would want to hurt a person they knew to be a kind, gentle soul with no known enemies.
MARYLAND ATTORNEY FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO POSSIBLE BURGLARYKATIE METTLER, PETER HERMANNFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe resembles a gentle bear, all back and shoulders and a face covered in a thick beard.
IS IT TOO LATE FOR THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS?CATHERINE DENARDOFEBRUARY 3, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINELike swallowing hot mouthfuls of nothing that light a candle in the stomach, filling it with a gentle warmth that lingers.
CONGEE IS THE ULTIMATE COMFORT FOODJENNY G. ZHANGFEBRUARY 1, 2021EATEROur previous dog, Charlie, was a sweetheart — gentle, patient, accommodating.
MY DOG BARKED AT ME. WHAT’S GOING ON IN THAT CANINE SKULL OF HIS?JOHN KELLYJANUARY 31, 2021WASHINGTON POSTUsing this method is a gentler process than using ion heat, a much-needed feature for already damaged hair.
THE BEST HAIR DRYER: GET A SALON-WORTHY BLOWOUT AT HOMECARSEN JOENKJANUARY 22, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWORDS RELATED TO GENTLE
- affable
- amenable
- amiable
- attentive
- bland
- civil
- complaisant
- concerned
- conciliatory
- condescending
- considerate
- cordial
- courteous
- courtly
- cultured
- deferential
- diplomatic
- elegant
- friendly
- genteel
- gentle
- good-natured
- gracious
- mild
- neighborly
- nice
- obliging
- obsequious
- pleasant
- polished
- politic
- punctilious
- refined
- respectful
- smooth
- sociable
- solicitous
- sympathetic
- thoughtful
- urbane
- well-behaved
- well-bred
- well-mannered
- collected
- contented
- docile
- fixed
- gentle
- halcyon
- hushed
- inactive
- isolated
- level
- meek
- mild
- motionless
- pacific
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- private
- remote
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- restful
- retired
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- still
- tranquil
- unanxious
- undisturbed
- unexcited
- unfrequented
- unruffled
- untroubled
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- aloof
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- ceremonious
- close
- close-mouthed
- cold
- collected
- composed
- conventional
- cool
- demure
- diffident
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- formal
- frigid
- gentle
- icy
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- misanthropic
- modest
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- peaceful
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- self-contained
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- shy
- soft-spoken
- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
- accommodated
- acquiescent
- adapted
- adjusted
- agreeable
- amenable
- biddable
- calm
- compliant
- cordial
- deferential
- docile
- genial
- gentle
- long-suffering
- manageable
- nonresisting
- obedient
- patient
- peaceable
- philosophical
- pliant
- quiescent
- quiet
- ready
- reconciled
- renouncing
- satisfied
- stoical
- subdued
- submissive
- subservient
- tame
- tolerant
- tractable
- unassertive
- unprotesting
- unresisting
- well-disposed
- willing
- yielding
- aloof
- backward
- bashful
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- ceremonious
- close
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- cold
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- controlled
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- frigid
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- inhibited
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- self-restrained
- serene
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- solitary
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- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
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- undemonstrative
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- withdrawn
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- close-mouthed
- cold
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- composed
- controlled
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- cool
- demure
- diffident
- distant
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- frigid
- gentle
- icy
- inhibited
- mild
- misanthropic
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- noncommittal
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- peaceful
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- quiet
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- retiring
- secretive
- sedate
- self-contained
- self-controlled
- serene
- shy
- soft-spoken
- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
- bland
- continuous
- creamy
- easy
- effortless
- equable
- even
- flat
- fluent
- fluid
- flush
- frictionless
- gentle
- glassy
- glossy
- hairless
- horizontal
- invariable
- lustrous
- mild
- mirrorlike
- monotonous
- peaceful
- plain
- planate
- plane
- polished
- quiet
- regular
- rhythmic
- rippleless
- serene
- shaven
- shiny
- silky
- sleek
- soft
- soothing
- stable
- steady
- still
- tranquil
- unbroken
- undeviating
- undisturbed
- uneventful
- uniform
- uninterrupted
- unruffled
- untroubled
- unvarying
- velvety
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