Vocabulary

meek

meek

\ˈmēk\

adjective

: having or showing a quiet and gentle nature: not wanting to fight or argue with otherpeople

Full Definition

1 : enduring injury with patience and withoutresentment : mild2 : deficient in spirit and courage : submissive3 : not violent or strong : moderatemeek·ly adverbmeek·ness noun

Examples

a meek child dominated by his brothersa meek replyShe may seem meek and mild but it is all an act.

Origin: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin;akin to Old Norse mjūkr gentle; akin to Welshesmwyth soft.

First use: 13th century

Synonyms: demure, down-to-earth, lowly,humble, modest, unassuming, unpretentious

Antonyms: arrogant, bumptious, chesty,conceited, egotistic (or egotistical), fastuous,haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity,huffish, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening,peremptory, pompous, presuming,presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, supercilious, superior, toplofty (alsotoploftical), uppish, uppity