Meek

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Meek \Meek\, Meeken \Meek"en\ (-'n), v. t.
     To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.]
     --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Now the man Moses was very meek.      --Num. xii. 3.
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     2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by
        mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face. "Her
        meek prayer." --Chaucer.
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     Syn: Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming;
          humble. See {Gentle}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  meek
       adj 1: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or
              even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
              [syn: {mild}, {modest}]
       2: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston
          Hughes [syn: {tame}]
       3: 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: {compliant}, {spiritless}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "meek":
     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