meek

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /miːk/ UK /miːk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
quiet, gentle, and submissive

Too meek to object, she accepted the unfair workload.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · quiet, gentle, and submissive docile submissive gentle mild humble timid

Opposites

assertive aggressive domineering bold arrogant

Word family

Forms meeklymeeknessmeeky

Derived forms meeklymeekness

Etymology

From Middle English meke, from Old Norse mjúkr ('soft, pliant, gentle'), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz ('soft'). Means quiet, gentle, and submissive.

mjúkr Old Norse *meukaz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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