meek
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Synonyms & Antonyms for meek
Synonyms
demure, down-to-earth, humble, lowly, modest, unassuming, unpretentious
Antonyms
arrogant, bumptious, chesty, conceited, egotistic (or egotistical), fastuous, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
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Benâs break-neck reversion to his former and meeker personality â even though his present success and newfound attractiveness should have endowed him with enough confidence to return as the opposite â is another good example. — Clarkisha Kent, EW.com, "Childhood trauma is the true villain of It Chapter Two," 8 Sep. 2019 The classic musical tells the story of a meek flower shop assistant who raises a plant that feeds on humans. — Sydney Scott, Essence, "MJ Rodriguez, Amber Riley Join 'Little Shop Of Horrors' At Pasadena Playhouse," 24 July 2019 Kurosawaâs hero, a meek civil servant, took stock of his mortality and decided to waste not a drop of the time that remained. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, "âThe Farewellâ Mixes Mourning and Revelry," 12 July 2019 But even meek, passive, and ever-cooperative Pam finally found her voice (in Season Three). — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, "Ask Amy: Girlfriend feels suffocated by close clan," 11 July 2019 But even meek, passive, and ever-cooperative Pam finally found her voice (in Season Three). — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, "Girlfriend feels suffocated by close clan," 11 July 2019 But even meek, passive, and ever-cooperative Pam finally found her voice (in Season Three). — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, "Ask Amy: My boyfriend lives with his parents, and I think he needs to set boundaries," 11 July 2019 But even meek, passive, and ever-cooperative Pam finally found her voice (in Season Three). — Ask Amy, oregonlive.com, "Ask Amy: How much time is too much time to spend with boyfriendâs family?," 11 July 2019 Later, two meek attempts to protect with two strikes barely produced contact. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: When teams call about closer Kirby Yates, Padres should listen," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'meek.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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