meek
humbly patient or quiet in nature, as under provocation from others.
overly submissive or compliant; tame.
Obsolete. gentle; kind.
Origin of meek
1synonym study For meek
Other words for meek
1 | forbearing; uncomplaining, passive, unassuming; pacific, calm |
2 | obedient, weak, timid, soft, yielding |
Other words from meek
- meek·ly, adverb
- meek·ness, noun
- o·ver·meek, adjective
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How to use meek in a sentence
“Our audience, they are obsessed, and they really just want to spoil and make their dog happy,” Meeker said.
Enterpreneurs Create Apps and Web-Based Businesses to Appeal to Dog Owners | Miranda Green | May 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMeeker personally connects to the customers he sells to because he himself is a dog enthusiast and owner of a great dane.
Enterpreneurs Create Apps and Web-Based Businesses to Appeal to Dog Owners | Miranda Green | May 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Monday, KPCB partner Mary Meeker presented research showing Android phone adoption is six times faster than the iPhone.
Apple’s Falling Stock Has Analysts Questioning the Company’s Dominance | Nina Strochlic | November 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJohn Meeker, et al. “Semen Quality and Sperm DNA Damage in Relation to Urinary Bisphenol A Among Men From an Infertility Clinic.”
Can Food Make You Infertile? Foods to Eat and Avoid | Anneli Rufus | December 9, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe did replace Meeker though when Meeker went off to do a movie.
Other boys and girls and older folk all over the country would enjoy meeting Ezra Meeker and hearing of his experiences.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra MeekerThe chief purpose of Mr. Meeker in this enterprise was to induce people to mark the famous old highway.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra MeekerEzra Meeker has done a signal service for our country in reblazing the Oregon Trail.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra MeekerHere the Meeker Tribe, as we call ourselves, came out to greet me, nearly forty strong.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra MeekerMr. Meeker was counsel of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank when chosen its president in 1881.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II | Stephen M. Ostrander
British Dictionary definitions for meek
/ (miːk) /
patient, long-suffering, or submissive in disposition or nature; humble
spineless or spiritless; compliant
an obsolete word for gentle
Origin of meek
1Derived forms of meek
- meekly, adverb
- meekness, noun
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