ungentle adjective2 •Showing a lack of gentleness, kindness or compassion.[…] Moyses lawe, thoughe it were vngentle and sharpe […] yet it punnyshed thefte by the purse, and not wyth deathe. — 1551 •(no longer used) Not acting according to accepted ethics or standards of behaviour.What more deceit? then look thy Fréend in face: / And woork his death, in most vngentle case. — 1579 formsungentler · ungentlest