English-Thai Dictionary

meek

ADJ นอบน้อม  สุภาพ  อ่อนโยน  ถ่อมตน  นิ่งเงียบ  unassuming mild plain nab-nom

 

meekly

ADV อย่างนอบน้อม  อย่าง สุภาพอ่อนโยน  อย่างว่า ง่าย  อย่าง ถ่อมตน  yang-nab-nom

 

meekness

N ความ นอบน้อม  mildness submission timidity kwam-nab-nom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MEEK

a.[L. mucus; Eng. mucilage; Heb. to melt. ] 1. Mild of temper; soft; gentle; not easily provoked or irritated; yielding; given to forbearance under injuries.
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all men. Numbers 12:3.
2. Appropriately, humble, in an evangelical sense; submissive to the divine will; not proud, self-sufficient or refractory; not peevish and apt to complain of divine dispensations. Christ says, "Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls." Matthew 11:29.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5.

 

MEEKEN

v.t.mee'kn. To make meek; to soften; to render mild.

 

MEEKLY

adv. Mildly; gently; submissively; humbly; not proudly or roughly. And this mis-seeming discord meekly lay aside.

 

MEEKNESS

n.Softness of temper; mildness; gentleness; forbearance under injuries and provocations. 1. In an evangelical sense, humility; resignation; submission to the divine will, without murmuring or peevishness; opposed to pride, arrogance and refractoriness. Galatians 5:23.
I beseech you by the meekness of Christ. 2 Corinthians 1 :1.
Meekness is a grace which Jesus alone inculcated, and which no ancient philosopher seems to have understood or recommended.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MEEK

Meek, a. [Compar. Meeker; superl. Meekest.] Etym: [OE. mek, meoc;akin to Icel. mj mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D. muik, Goth. mukam

 

1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive. Not the man Moses was very meek. Num. xii. 3.

 

2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face. "Her meek prayer. " Chaucer.

 

Syn. -- Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See Gentle.

 

MEEK; MEEKEN

MEEK; MEEKEN Meek, Meek "en (-'n ), v. t.

 

Defn: To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

MEEKLY

MEEKLY Meek "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a meek manner. Spenser.

 

MEEKNESS

MEEKNESS Meek "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being meek.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

meek

meek |mēk mik | ▶adjective quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive: I used to call her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild | the meek compliance of our politicians. DERIVATIVES meek ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English me (o )c (also in the sense ‘courteous or indulgent ’), from Old Norse mjúkr ‘soft, gentle. ’

 

meekness

meek ness |ˈmēknis | ▶noun the fact or condition of being meek; submissiveness: all his best friends make fun of him for his meekness.

 

Oxford Dictionary

meek

meek |miːk | ▶adjective quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive: she brought her meek little husband along. DERIVATIVES meekly adverb ORIGIN Middle English me (o )c (also in the sense ‘courteous or indulgent ’), from Old Norse mjúkr ‘soft, gentle ’.

 

meekness

meek |ness |ˈmiːknɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fact or condition of being meek; submissiveness: all his best friends make fun of him for his meekness.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

meek

meek adjective they called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek: submissive, yielding, obedient, compliant, tame, biddable, tractable, acquiescent, humble, deferential, timid, unprotesting, unresisting, like a lamb to the slaughter; quiet, mild, gentle, docile, lamblike, shy, diffident, unassuming, self-effacing. ANTONYMS assertive. WORD TOOLKIT See humble . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

meek

meek adjective 1 they used to call her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild: patient, long-suffering, forbearing, resigned; gentle, quiet, shy, retiring, reverent, peaceful, peaceable, docile, lamblike, mild, demure, modest, humble, lowly, diffident, unassuming, self-effacing, unpretentious, unambitious, unobtrusive. ANTONYMS impatient, assertive. 2 the meek compliance of our politicians: submissive, yielding, unresisting, obedient, compliant, tame, biddable, tractable, acquiescent, deferential, weak, timid, frightened, spineless, spiritless, unprotesting, like a lamb to the slaughter; informal weak-kneed, wimpish. ANTONYMS assertive, overbearing. WORD TOOLKIT meek See humble . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

meekness

meekness noun her meekness covers up a precocious intelligence and strength: patience, long-suffering, forbearance, resignation; gentleness, mildness, softness, peacefulness, docility, diffidence, modesty, humility, humbleness, unpretentiousness, lowliness; submissiveness, submission, self-effacement, self-abasement, lack of resistance, compliance, obedience, acquiescence, tameness, deference; archaic mansuetude.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

meek

meek /miːk /形容詞 ｟否定的に ｠〈人が 〉おとなしい, 従順な .m è ek and m í ld 非常におとなしい, 文句を言わない .m é ek ly 副詞 m é ek ness 名詞