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meek::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spiritless |
| Derivation | meekness |
a fine fiery blast against meek conformity.
she looked meek but had the heart of a lion.
Examples of meek
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Meek left the group at Fort Hall to lead some of the members on the Meek Cutoff.
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Plenty of these are run by the youth who you believe to be so meek and helpless.
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Meek has been campaigning for the office since January and has raised $3 million.
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The Beast in this performance appeared to be too little and meek for my tastes.
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During the 1952 campaign, Eisenhower criticized Truman-style containment as meek.
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Although often cast as a meek milquetoast, he was actually strong and athletic.
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Meek seemed incredulous that Crist would use the strategy of criticizing Obama.
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A meek woman is allowed to taste strength by turning her femaleness into theater.
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Buffett is trying to give everything away so that he will be one of the the meek.
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- Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
- Very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
- Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient"
- (meekness) the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
- (meekness) a disposition to be patient and long suffering
- Meek (born 1981) is a notable street artist operating out of Melbourne, Australia, and specialising in the sub-genre of Stencil graffiti.
- Seth Eugene Meek (1859, Hicksville, Ohio, - 6 July 1914, Chicago) was an American ichthyologist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He was the first compiler of a book on Mexican freshwater fishes. Together with his assistant, Samuel F. ...
- (Meekness) In Catholic catechism, the seven virtues refers to one of two lists of virtues, most commonly referring to the 4 Cardinal virtues of Prudence, Justice, Restraint or Temperance, and Courage or Fortitude, and the 3 Theological virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love or Charity; these were ...
- (of horses) To tame; to break; Humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing; Submissive, despirited, or of broken will
