meek

meek
adj
1. humble, lowly, modest, unpretentious, unpretending, unpresuming, unassuming, free from pride, without arrogance, unostentatious.
2. deferential, obliging, complaisant, compliant, conformable, agreeable, biddable, willing; submissive, yielding, docile, acquiescent, adaptable, tractable, ductile, consentient, unresisting; manageable, governable, obedient; broken, resigned, subdued, spiritless, sedate, tame; apologetic, obsequious, servile, subservient, subsidiary, slavish, unambitious.
3. patient, forbearing, tolerant, enduring, long-suffering; mild, lamblike, gentle, pacific, peaceable, clement, placid, passive; shy, retiring, reserved, restrained.

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  • meek´ly — meek «meek», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. not easily angered; mild; patient: »Even the man Moses, the meekest of men, was wrathful sometimes (George Eliot). SYNONYM(S): mild, forbearing. See syn. under gentle. (Cf. ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Meek — Meek, Meeken Meek en ( n), v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • meek|en — «MEE kuhn», transitive verb, intransitive verb. to make or become meek. ╂[< meek + en1] …   Useful english dictionary

  • meek — [mi:k] adj [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: mjukr soft ] very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people ▪ He was always so meek and mild . >meekly adv ▪ All right, said Neil meekly. >meekness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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