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- Dictionarymeek/miːk/
adjective
- 1. quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive: "she brought her meek little husband along" Similar Opposite
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1. : enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild. a meek child dominated by his brothers. 2. : deficient in spirit and courage : submissive. "I don't care," came the meek reply Annetta Miller. 3. : not violent or strong : moderate. his delivery varied from a meek, melodic patter to rapid-fire scriptural allusions Bob Trebilcock.
MEEK definition: 1. quiet, gentle, and not willing to argue or express your opinions in a forceful way: 2. quiet…. Learn more.
The adjective meek describes a person who is willing to go along with whatever other people want to do, like a meek classmate who won't speak up, even when he or she is treated unfairly.
Meek definition: humbly patient or quiet in nature, as under provocation from others.. See examples of MEEK used in a sentence.
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.
Definition of meek adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing. Wiktionary. Synonyms: tame. modest. mild. spiritless. tolerant. timid. sycophantic. spineless. sheepish. weak. unpretentious. unassertive.
1. humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others. 2. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame. 3. Obs. gentle; kind. [1150–1200; Middle English meke, meoc < Old Norse mjūkr soft, mild, meek] meek′ly, adv. meek′ness, n.
meek meaning, definition, what is meek: very quiet and gentle and unwilling to a...: Learn more.
humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame. [ Obs.]gentle; kind. Old Norse mjūkr soft, mild, meek. Middle English meke, meoc 1150–1200. meek′ly, adv. meek′ness, n. 1. forbearing; yielding; unassuming; pacific, calm, soft. See gentle.
