'Meek' definitions:
Definition of 'meek'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn: meek, mild, modest]
adjective
Very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes [syn: meek, tame]
adjective
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" [syn: meek, spiritless]
Definition of 'Meek'
From: GCIDE
- Meek \Meek\ (m[=e]k), a. [Compar. Meeker (m[=e]k"[~e]r); superl. Meekest.] [OE. mek, meoc; akin to Icel. mj[=u]kr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D. muik, Goth. mukam[=o]dei gentleness.]
- 1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive. [1913 Webster]
- Now the man Moses was very meek. --Num. xii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face. "Her meek prayer." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See Gentle. [1913 Webster] Meek
Definition of 'Meek'
From: GCIDE
- Meek \Meek\, Meeken \Meek"en\ (-'n), v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'meek'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- accommodating,
- acquiescent,
- adapting,
- adaptive,
- adjusting,
- amenable,
- bland,
- broken,
- chastened,
- compliant,
- deferential,
- docile,
- domesticated,
- dovelike,
- forbearing,
- gentle,
- housebroken,
- humble,
- humble-minded,
- humble-spirited,
- humblehearted,
- lamblike,
- lenient,
- long-suffering,
- lowly,
- manageable,
- meek-minded,
- meek-spirited,
- meekhearted,
- 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