- 1quiet, gentle, and always ready to do what other people want without expressing your own opinion synonym compliant, self-effacing They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild. They hung their heads in meek submission.
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- 2the meek noun [plural] people who are meek Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
adverb He meekly did whatever was asked of him.
noun [uncountable]See meek in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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