About The Word Meek
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Meek
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What's The Definition Of Meek?
[adj] evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient"
[adj] humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [adj] very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes Synonyms | Synonyms for Meek: compliant | docile | humble | mild | modest | spiritless | submissive | tame Related Terms | Find terms related to Meek: abject | accommodating | acquiescent | adapting | adaptive | adjusting | amenable | bland | broken | chastened | compliant | deferential | docile | domesticated | dovelike | forbearing | gentle | housebroken | humble | humblehearted | humble-minded | humble-spirited | lamblike | lenient | long-suffering | lowly | manageable | meekhearted | meek-minded | meek-spirited | mild | modest | obedient | pacific | passive | patient | peaceable | poor in spirit | quiet | reconciled | repressed | resigned | retiring | shy | spiritless | subdued | submissive | suppressed | tame | tamed | timid | tolerant | tractable | unambitious | unaspiring | unassuming | unboastful | uncomplaining | unimposing | unobtrusive | unostentatious | unpresuming | unpresumptuous | unpretending | unpretentious | unresisting | weak | yielding See Also | Meek In Webster's Dictionary \Meek\, a. [Compar. {Meeker}; superl. {Meekest}.] [OE. mek,
meoc; akin to Icel. mj?kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D.
muik, Goth. mukam?dei gentleness.]
1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient
under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful;
forbearing; submissive.
Not the man Moses was very meek. --Num. xii. 3.
2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by
mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.
``Her meek prayer.'' --Chaucer.
Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming;
humble. See {Gentle}.
\Meek\, Meeken \Meek"en\ (-'n), v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] --Chaucer. |
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