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Synonyms for meek:


adj. shy; compliant

deferential
docile
gentle
passive
serene
subdued
submissive
timid
unassuming
acquiescent
forbearing
humble
lenient
long-suffering
longanimous
lowly
manageable
mild
modest
nothing
orderly
pabulum
patient
peaceful
plain
resigned
soft
spineless
spiritless
tame
tolerant
unpretentious
unresisting
weak
weak-kneed
wishy-washy
yielding
zero

Examples of uses:

If you bribe or threaten him, he's as meek as a lamb.
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Clint Eastwood doesn't play a meek little hairdresser.
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I don't want to train under you anyway! Lowly and meek?
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I'll send my boys after her and she'll become as meek as a lamb.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
He acted so meek and mild you let down your guard.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Don't forget, you're supposed to be a meek little girlie girl, like the rest of us.
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But I'm afraid I also agree with Zoe and Cully, meek submission would be humiliating.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
You think the meek are going to inherit the earth?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
If the meek don't pray, what'II become of the world?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
All the time thinking he can protect the meek and innocent.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

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