as in humble
not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness
a meek girl who quietly went along with whatever her circle of friends wanted
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Recent Examples of meek
Melling plays Colin, a meek parking-ticket enforcer with a passion for barbershop-quartet singing.
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David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
Lecturing the perpetrator in a room full of strangers sounds to Miss Manners too much like correcting another person’s manners (rude) — not to mention challenging to execute for someone who describes herself as meek.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Tessa Thompson stars as the willful heroine, married to a rather meek academic, George Tesman (Tom Bateman), who’s angling for an important university position.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Employment growth is meek, but the labor market is holding steady.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meek
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Singer Island has a humble personality, with more reverence for its natural beauty and less regard for glamorous perfection than its southern neighbor.—
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This humble ingredient is a powerhouse in all kinds of cooking.—
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In Gaza’s Shati refugee camp, my grandfather built a modest shack, brick by brick, on the spot where his tent was erected.—
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Despite its status as a bustling urban center, Nya Lödöse clearly retained its agricultural roots; consequently, the open, semi-rural structure of the southern section included agricultural plots, modest houses, and gardens.—
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This means the country’s appetite for bold exploration, which the compact between science and government supported for decades, may be gone, too—leaving in its place more timid, short-term thinking.—
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So that Indiana politicians could grow timid.—
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“Meek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meek. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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