meek

Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

meek/miːk/ adjective
[date : 1100-1200; Language : Old Norse; Origin : mjukr 'soft']
very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people:
　 ▪ He was always so meek and mild.

—meekly adverb:
　 ▪ ‘All right,’ said Neil meekly.

—meekness noun [UNCOUNTABLE]

adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a shy, meek little child
▪ This movie, with its violent scenes, is definitely not for the meek.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And Cilley was, if anything, the meeker of the two.
▪ For years she'd been so meek, so biddable to this man, and all for what?
▪ From my perspective as an adult, they were rather gentle people, maybe even meek.
▪ Like Mum, they were good and meek and deserved more love.
▪ Moments later, when the air had stilled, two meek men arrived.
▪ Most guitarists know people who can outplay them in some way and so most register somewhere on the meek and self-effacing scale.
▪ Seemingly meek and self-effacing, she was in fact strong-willed and fiercely passionate.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spiritless, tame, mild, modest