Antonyms of adj tigerish

1 sense of tigerish

Sense 1
tigerish -- (resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy; "a tigerish fury")

INDIRECT (VIA merciless) -> merciful -- (showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god")

Similarity of adj tigerish

1 sense of tigerish

Sense 1
tigerish -- (resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy; "a tigerish fury")
       => merciless (vs. merciful), unmerciful -- (having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating")