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meek
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- pronunciation:
- mik
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
unable or unwilling to assert oneself; lacking spirit; submissive; retiring.
He was a meek boy, and it was easy for his sisters to take advantage of him.His wife had learned to stand up to him and was no longer the meek woman he had married.- synonyms:
- humble, submissive
- antonyms:
- aggressive, arrogant, assertive, brash, daring, dictatorial
- similar words:
- complaisant, deferential, docile, faint, fainthearted, obedient, retiring, servile, spineless, spiritless, tame, tractable, unassertive, weak-kneed, yielding
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| definition 2: |
bearing difficulties or injuries with patience and humility.
- synonyms:
- enduring, forbearing, long-suffering, patient
- similar words:
- clement, humble, mild, passive, submissive, tolerant
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| related words: |
bashful, gentle, modest, shy, soft, timid |
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| derivations: |
meekly (adv.), meekness (n.) |
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