Gentle and Trying

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Gentle

Gentle adjective - Not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect.
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Trying is an antonym for gentle.
Nearby Words: gentling, gently, gentility, gentleness, gentled

Trying

Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: a harrowing account of the trying conditions experienced by the hostages prior to their release
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Antonyms for Trying
Gentle is an antonym for trying.
Nearby Words: try, tried
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  • Gentle Giant Spartan-IIs in general come off as as gentle (if rather Stoic) giants, as long as you're not Covenant trying to destroy or take over their planets, or Insurrectionists trying to overthrow the UNSC.
    Source: Gentle Giant
  • Literature / Little Women Meg gets a similar gentle smackdown while trying to play 'fine lady' at the Moffats'.
    Source: Literature / Little Women
  • All-Loving Hero Kind, gentle, and not wanting to fight anyone, he's always trying to find a way to talk things out instead of going on killing sprees like Morte wants to do.
    Source: All-Loving Hero
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