The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ungentle \Un*gen"tle\, a. Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind.
--Shak.
That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our
native and uncultivated grapes.
--Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.
Wiktionary
n. (label en obsolete) discourteousness, lack of proper breeding; unchivalrousness.
Usage examples of "ungentleness".
Ye have been named wrong, for ye have long been called a gentle knight, and as this day ye have showed me great ungentleness, for ye had almost brought me unto my death.
Sir, said Sir Lamorak, now I understand your knighthood, it may not be false that all men say, for of your bounty, noblesse, and worship, of all knights ye are peerless, and for your courtesy and gentleness I showed you ungentleness, and that now me repenteth.
Seeing her in the circle of her light, stepping into it himself and watching her lower her comb and smile, he felt ninety-nine curses at his own ungentleness march into his throat.