ungentleadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈdʒɛntl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈdʒɛn(t)(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and gentle adj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1.

†1. Of persons, their birth, family, etc.: Not gentle or belonging to a family of position; not distinguished by birth. Also absol. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective]

low-bornc1275

ungentlec1374

unnoblea1382

bastardly1552

baseborn1553

ingenerous1621

lowly born1623

earth-born1630

unpedigreed1787

birthless1817

unaristocratic1841

disconnected1847

pedigreeless1859

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. iv. 41 Som man haþ grete rycchesse, but he is ashamed of hys vngentil lynage.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 415 [He] putte adoun meny gentil men, and putte ungentil men in here stede.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 On-gentylle of kynne, ignobilis, degener.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/2 On-gentyl be fadyr, and moder, ybridus.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A j How gentilmen shall be knowyn from vngentill men.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.viij But for all he was not called vngentyll, nor infamed, nor traytour.

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 56^v Of noble, and vnnoble, of gentlemen, and vngentle.

1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 23 Gentle or ungentle, I write to all.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 68/2 The Ungentle is bound..to keep silence whilst a Gentleman speaks.

a. Of persons: Not possessing the attributes or characteristics of good birth; unchivalrous; discourteous, unmannerly. Now somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred

foul-itowenc1225

villain1340

villainous?a1366

lewdc1380

ungentle1398

low-bred1599

ill-bred1622

unbred1622

underbred1650

unjaunty1671

ungenteel1676

half-bred1694

ingenteel1694

cocktail1835

mal élevé1878

hairy at the heel1890

1411–2 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3300 He dredde hym..The peple hym wolde han for a proude man deemed, And vngentil.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 44 I aspied wel þat I must chere men þat cam on-to me with mete and drynk, for if I ded not, I schuld be hald on-gentil.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. ¶iv The second sort are vngentile gentlemen.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. H Sith the vngentle king Of Fraunce refuseth to giue aide of armes To this distressed Queene his sister heere.

1653 J. Taylor Short Relation Long Journey (1859) 22 Quoth I, I doubt I must bee necessitated to take up my lodging in the field: to which the said ungentle gentlewoman..gave me a finall answer, that I might if I would.

1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 23 Belfond, thou art the most ungentle Knight alive.

1829 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters I. 344 They aided him in the resolution..of making his escape from such crushing patronage and ungentle company.

1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 48 Too well I know thee, ay—The most ungentle knight in Arthur's hall.

in extended use.1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxxvii. (Tollem. MS.) The lapwynke is ungentel [1535 most filthy] and unclene.

b. absol. and as n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > one of the common people

Jackc1390

fellowa1400

commonerc1400

populara1525

plebeianc1550

ungentle1562

Tom Tiler1582

roturier1586

vulgarity1646

little man1707

pleb1795

man of the people1799

the man in the street1831

snob1831

man1860

oickman1925

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. sig. ¶iij^v I beseche your honours, to dayne to be pattones [sic] of this my woorke, against the middle finger poyntinges of the vngentiles.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. sig. ¶iij^v The first wherof are gentel vngentile.

c. Not appropriate to or befitting one of gentle birth or breeding.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective]

untheweda1325

unbenec1400

incondite1539

undight1555

ungentle1565

impolished1583

transalpinea1592

impolited1598

uncourtly1598

tartarous1602

impolite1612

unelevated1627

unfashioned1630

unbrushed1640

unhewed1644

hirsute1658

unhewn1659

inelegant1667

sordid1668

ingenteel1694

barbarous1700

ungracefula1732

tramontane1740

uninformed1754

clumsy1758

heavy1817

uncharmed1818

nettle-rough1850

blowzy1851

mal élevé1878

inexquisite1922

pseudo-sophisticated1925

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred > specifically of conduct

ungentle1565

dunghill1576

ungenteel1633

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iii. 214 This seemeth to be a very simple argument: & a grosse vngentle opinion of the Simplicitie of the people.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc6^v For nothing would she lenger there be stayd, Where so loose life, and so vngentle trade Was vsd of knighcs [sic] and Ladies seeming gent.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 16 Whereof not to be sensible,..argues both a grosse and shallow judgement, and withall an ungentle, and swainish brest.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. x. 245 According to the rules of woodcraft, he held it ungentle to interfere with the game attacked by another hunter.

1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington III. i. 23 They had seen her ungentle training in a dozen little instances.

3. Not gentle in action; rough, harsh, unkind, violent:

a. Of persons or disposition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [adjective]

unmildeOE

unmeekc1175

unkind1340

ungentle1509

untender1608

kindless1659

unkind-hearted1760

unkindly1787

unbeneficent1822

half-hearted1864

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bv Were not she an vnkinde & vngentyl moder.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 202 The iudge that threatneth that he wil be vnappeasable to them that be to rigorous and ungentle.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 1835 To travell farre, and finde Those prove ungentle, whom you hoped, kinde.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 55 Her head to her ungentle Keeper bow'd, She strove to speak.

1764 D. Garrick Let. 11 Apr. in G. Colman Posthumous Lett. (1820) 256 Pray hint this to him, but let him not be ungentle with Sterne.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 117 Men are ungentle, tyrannical.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 47 His temper, naturally ungentle, had been exasperated by his domestic vexations.

1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 7 She had gone from the ken of ungentle men!

b. figurative. Of things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective]

retheeOE

hotOE

strongOE

woodlyc1000

un-i-rideOE

stoura1122

brathc1175

unridec1175

unrudec1225

starklyc1275

toughc1275

wood1297

ragec1330

unrekena1350

biga1375

furialc1386

outrageousc1390

savagea1393

violenta1393

bremelya1400

snarta1400

wrothlya1400

fightingc1400

runishc1400

dour?a1425

derfc1440

churlousa1450

roida1450

fervent1465

churlish1477

orgulous1483

felona1500

brathfula1522

brathlya1525

fanatic1533

furious1535

boisterous1544

blusterous1548

ungentle1551

sore1563

full-mouthed1594

savage wild1595

Herculean1602

shrill1608

robustious1612

efferous1614

thundering1618

churly1620

ferocient1655

turbulent1656

efferate1684

knock-me-down1760

haggard-wild1786

ensanguined1806

rammish1807

fulminatory1820

riproarious1830

natural1832

survigrous1835

sabre-toothed1849

cataclysmal1861

thunderous1874

fierce1912

cataractal1926

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Diiii Moyses lawe, thoughe it were vngentle and sharpe,..punnyshed thefte by the purse, and not wyth deathe.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 13 You haue..made vs doffe our easie roabes of peace, To crush our old limbs in vngentle steele.

1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 6 Such tears the suffering Rose that's vext With ungentle flames does shed.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xxiii. 19 Vain are the pleasaunces on earth supplied, Swept into wrecks anon by Time's ungentle tide.

c. Of actions, language, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

grimlyc893

retheeOE

grim971

bitterOE

bremec1175

grillc1175

grimfula1240

cruel1297

sturdy1297

fiercea1300

fellc1300

boistousa1387

felonousc1386

savagea1393

bestiala1398

bremelya1400

felona1400

hetera1400

cursedc1400

wicked14..

vengeablec1430

wolvishc1430

unnatural?1473

inhuman1481

brutisha1513

cruent1524

felonish1530

mannish1530

abominate1531

lionish1549

boarish?1550

truculent?c1550

unhumanc1550

lion-like1556

beastly1558

orped1567

raw?1573

tigerish?1573

unmanlike1579

boisterous1581

savaged1583

tiger-like1587

yond1590

truculental1593

savage wild1595

tigerous1597

inhumane1598

Neronian1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

ungentle1603

feral1604

savagious1605

fierceful1607

Dionysian1608

wolvy1611

Hunnish1625

lionly1631

tigerly1633

savage-hearted1639

brutal1641

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

wolfish1674

tiger1763

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [adjective] > of action

unkindc1380

ungentle1603

1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. H^v Why must my babes beare this vngentle doome?

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. §15 When two seas meet, the billows contest in ungentle embraces.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 548 His shoulder-blade receiv'd th' ungentle shock.

1779 Mirror No. 43. ⁋2 Every better feeling, warm and vivid; every ungentle one, repressed or overcome.

1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 296 Jesus in His babes abiding Shames our cold ungentle ways.

1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxviii Taken aback at this ungentle speech,..Alleyne stood [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ungentle
释义	ungentleadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈdʒɛntl/, U.S. /ˌənˈdʒɛn(t)(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and gentle adj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. †1. Of persons, their birth, family, etc.: Not gentle or belonging to a family of position; not distinguished by birth. Also absol. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective] low-bornc1275 ungentlec1374 unnoblea1382 bastardly1552 baseborn1553 ingenerous1621 lowly born1623 earth-born1630 unpedigreed1787 birthless1817 unaristocratic1841 disconnected1847 pedigreeless1859 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. iv. 41 Som man haþ grete rycchesse, but he is ashamed of hys vngentil lynage. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 415 [He] putte adoun meny gentil men, and putte ungentil men in here stede. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 On-gentylle of kynne, ignobilis, degener. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/2 On-gentyl be fadyr, and moder, ybridus. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A j How gentilmen shall be knowyn from vngentill men. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.viij But for all he was not called vngentyll, nor infamed, nor traytour. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 56^v Of noble, and vnnoble, of gentlemen, and vngentle. 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 23 Gentle or ungentle, I write to all. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 68/2 The Ungentle is bound..to keep silence whilst a Gentleman speaks. 2. a. Of persons: Not possessing the attributes or characteristics of good birth; unchivalrous; discourteous, unmannerly. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred foul-itowenc1225 villain1340 villainous?a1366 lewdc1380 ungentle1398 low-bred1599 ill-bred1622 unbred1622 underbred1650 unjaunty1671 ungenteel1676 half-bred1694 ingenteel1694 cocktail1835 mal élevé1878 hairy at the heel1890 1411–2 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3300 He dredde hym..The peple hym wolde han for a proude man deemed, And vngentil. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 44 I aspied wel þat I must chere men þat cam on-to me with mete and drynk, for if I ded not, I schuld be hald on-gentil. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. ¶iv The second sort are vngentile gentlemen. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. H Sith the vngentle king Of Fraunce refuseth to giue aide of armes To this distressed Queene his sister heere. 1653 J. Taylor Short Relation Long Journey (1859) 22 Quoth I, I doubt I must bee necessitated to take up my lodging in the field: to which the said ungentle gentlewoman..gave me a finall answer, that I might if I would. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 23 Belfond, thou art the most ungentle Knight alive. 1829 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters I. 344 They aided him in the resolution..of making his escape from such crushing patronage and ungentle company. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 48 Too well I know thee, ay—The most ungentle knight in Arthur's hall. in extended use.1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxxvii. (Tollem. MS.) The lapwynke is ungentel [1535 most filthy] and unclene. b. absol. and as n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > one of the common people Jackc1390 fellowa1400 commonerc1400 populara1525 plebeianc1550 ungentle1562 Tom Tiler1582 roturier1586 vulgarity1646 little man1707 pleb1795 man of the people1799 the man in the street1831 snob1831 man1860 oickman1925 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. sig. ¶iij^v I beseche your honours, to dayne to be pattones [sic] of this my woorke, against the middle finger poyntinges of the vngentiles. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. sig. ¶iij^v The first wherof are gentel vngentile. c. Not appropriate to or befitting one of gentle birth or breeding. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] untheweda1325 unbenec1400 incondite1539 undight1555 ungentle1565 impolished1583 transalpinea1592 impolited1598 uncourtly1598 tartarous1602 impolite1612 unelevated1627 unfashioned1630 unbrushed1640 unhewed1644 hirsute1658 unhewn1659 inelegant1667 sordid1668 ingenteel1694 barbarous1700 ungracefula1732 tramontane1740 uninformed1754 clumsy1758 heavy1817 uncharmed1818 nettle-rough1850 blowzy1851 mal élevé1878 inexquisite1922 pseudo-sophisticated1925 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred > specifically of conduct ungentle1565 dunghill1576 ungenteel1633 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iii. 214 This seemeth to be a very simple argument: & a grosse vngentle opinion of the Simplicitie of the people. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc6^v For nothing would she lenger there be stayd, Where so loose life, and so vngentle trade Was vsd of knighcs [sic] and Ladies seeming gent. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 16 Whereof not to be sensible,..argues both a grosse and shallow judgement, and withall an ungentle, and swainish brest. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. x. 245 According to the rules of woodcraft, he held it ungentle to interfere with the game attacked by another hunter. 1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington III. i. 23 They had seen her ungentle training in a dozen little instances. 3. Not gentle in action; rough, harsh, unkind, violent: a. Of persons or disposition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [adjective] unmildeOE unmeekc1175 unkind1340 ungentle1509 untender1608 kindless1659 unkind-hearted1760 unkindly1787 unbeneficent1822 half-hearted1864 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bv Were not she an vnkinde & vngentyl moder. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 202 The iudge that threatneth that he wil be vnappeasable to them that be to rigorous and ungentle. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 1835 To travell farre, and finde Those prove ungentle, whom you hoped, kinde. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 55 Her head to her ungentle Keeper bow'd, She strove to speak. 1764 D. Garrick Let. 11 Apr. in G. Colman Posthumous Lett. (1820) 256 Pray hint this to him, but let him not be ungentle with Sterne. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 117 Men are ungentle, tyrannical. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 47 His temper, naturally ungentle, had been exasperated by his domestic vexations. 1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 7 She had gone from the ken of ungentle men! b. figurative. Of things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] retheeOE hotOE strongOE woodlyc1000 un-i-rideOE stoura1122 brathc1175 unridec1175 unrudec1225 starklyc1275 toughc1275 wood1297 ragec1330 unrekena1350 biga1375 furialc1386 outrageousc1390 savagea1393 violenta1393 bremelya1400 snarta1400 wrothlya1400 fightingc1400 runishc1400 dour?a1425 derfc1440 churlousa1450 roida1450 fervent1465 churlish1477 orgulous1483 felona1500 brathfula1522 brathlya1525 fanatic1533 furious1535 boisterous1544 blusterous1548 ungentle1551 sore1563 full-mouthed1594 savage wild1595 Herculean1602 shrill1608 robustious1612 efferous1614 thundering1618 churly1620 ferocient1655 turbulent1656 efferate1684 knock-me-down1760 haggard-wild1786 ensanguined1806 rammish1807 fulminatory1820 riproarious1830 natural1832 survigrous1835 sabre-toothed1849 cataclysmal1861 thunderous1874 fierce1912 cataractal1926 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Diiii Moyses lawe, thoughe it were vngentle and sharpe,..punnyshed thefte by the purse, and not wyth deathe. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 13 You haue..made vs doffe our easie roabes of peace, To crush our old limbs in vngentle steele. View more context for this quotation 1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 6 Such tears the suffering Rose that's vext With ungentle flames does shed. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xxiii. 19 Vain are the pleasaunces on earth supplied, Swept into wrecks anon by Time's ungentle tide. c. Of actions, language, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [adjective] > of action unkindc1380 ungentle1603 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. H^v Why must my babes beare this vngentle doome? 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. §15 When two seas meet, the billows contest in ungentle embraces. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 548 His shoulder-blade receiv'd th' ungentle shock. 1779 Mirror No. 43. ⁋2 Every better feeling, warm and vivid; every ungentle one, repressed or overcome. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 296 Jesus in His babes abiding Shames our cold ungentle ways. 1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxviii Taken aback at this ungentle speech,..Alleyne stood [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1374
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