meek
11meek — [mi:k] adj [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: mjukr soft ] very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people ▪ He was always so meek and mild . >meekly adv ▪ All right, said Neil meekly. >meekness n [U] …
12meek — index malleable, nonmilitant, obedient, obeisant, patient, placid, pliable, pliant, resigned …
13meek — modest, *humble, lowly Analogous words: gentle, mild (see SOFT): subdued, submissive, *tame: *compliant, acquiescent, resigned: *forbearing, tolerant, lenient: patient, long suffering (see corresponding nouns at PATIENCE) Ant …
14meek — [adj] shy; compliant acquiescent, deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, lenient, longanimous, long suffering, lowly, manageable, mild, milquetoast*, modest, nothing, orderly, pabulum*, passive, patient, peaceful, plain, resigned,… …
15meek — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ quiet, gentle, and submissive. DERIVATIVES meekly adverb meekness noun. ORIGIN Old Norse, soft, gentle …
16meek — [mēk] adj. [ME meke (earlier meoc) < ON miukr, pliant, gentle < IE base * meug , *meuk , to slip, slippery, slimy > MUCK, L mucus, Gr myxa] 1. patient and mild; not inclined to anger or resentment 2. too submissive; easily imposed on;… …
17MeeK — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Meek. MeeK MeeK en concert au Comedy Club à …
18Meek — Recorded in the spellings of Meek, Meeke, and the patronymics Meeks and Meekes, this is an Anglo Scottish surname. It is medieval, and a nickname surname for a gentle or self effacing person deriving from the pre 7th century word meek or the Old… …
19Meek — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. MeeK (Stéphane Franck Pascal) est un chanteur, auteur compositeur et producteur franco britannique né en 1971. Donald Meek était un acteur (1878 1946).… …
20meek — {{11}}meek (adj.) c.1200, gentle, quiet, unaggressive; benevolent, kind; courteous, humble, unassuming; of a woman, modest, from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. mjukr soft, pliant, gentle ), from P.Gmc. *meukaz (Cf. Goth. muka modei humility, Du …
