Gentle and Thundering

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Gentle adjective - Not loud in pitch or volume.

Usage example: the mother spoke in a gentle voice to her child

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Thundering is an antonym for gentle.

Thundering adjective - Marked by a high volume of sound.

Usage example: the preacher delivered a thundering speech on the decline of morality in modern society

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Gentle is an antonym for thundering.

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