meek
21meek — [[t]mi͟ːk[/t]] meeker, meekest ADJ GRADED If you describe a person as meek, you think that they are gentle and quiet, and likely to do what other people say. He was a meek, mild mannered fellow. ...the meekest and most docile of people. Derived… …
22meek — adjective very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue or express an opinion: a meek and obedient child | meek and mild (=extremely quiet and gentle): She d never stand up for herself, she s too meek and mild. meekly adverb: She smiled meekly.… …
23meek — [[t]mik[/t]] adj. er, est 1) humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others 2) overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame 3) Obs. gentle; kind • Etymology: 1150–1200; ME meke, meoc < ON mjūkr soft, mild, meek meek′ly, adv.… …
24meek — meekly, adv. meekness, n. /meek/, adj., meeker, meekest. 1. humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others. 2. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame. 3. Obs. gentle; kind. [1150 1200; ME meke, meoc < ON mjukr soft, mild,… …
25meek — 1. adjective a) Humble, modest, meager, or self effacing. Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else... b) Submissive, despirited, or of broken will. What if they were wolves… …
26meek — Synonyms and related words: abject, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, amenable, bland, broken, chastened, compliant, deferential, docile, domesticated, dovelike, forbearing, gentle, housebroken, humble, humble minded,… …
27meek — UK [miːk] / US [mɪk] adjective Word forms meek : adjective meek comparative meeker superlative meekest quiet, gentle, and easily persuaded by other people to do what they want Derived words: meekly adverb I was not going to submit meekly to his… …
28meek — /mik / (say meek) adjective 1. humbly patient or submissive, as under provocation from others. 2. unduly patient or submissive; spiritless; tame. {Middle English meke, meoc, from Old Norse mjūkr soft, mild, meek} –meekly, adverb –meekness, noun …
29meek — adj. RG. 435 v. a. == make meek. Ps. ix. 31 …
30meek — adjective they called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek Syn: submissive, yielding, obedient, compliant, tame, biddable, tractable, acquiescent, deferential, timid, unprotesting, unresisting, like a lamb to the slaughter; quiet, mild, gentle …
