meek
adjective/miːk/
/miːk/
(comparative meeker, superlative meekest)
- quiet, 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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- the meeknoun [plural] people who are meek
- Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Word OriginMiddle English me(o)c (also in the sense ‘courteous or indulgent’), from Old Norse mjúkr ‘soft, gentle’.
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