1. (superl.) Mild of temper; not easily provoked or irritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.

2. (superl.) Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.

3. (v. t.) Alt. of Meeken.

abject accommodating acquiescent adapting adaptive adjusting amenable bland broken chastened compliant deferential docile domesticated dovelike forbearing gentle housebroken humble humble-minded humble-spirited humblehearted lamblike lenient long-suffering lowly manageable meek-minded meek-spirited meekhearted mild modest obedient pacific passive patient peaceable poor in spirit quiet reconciled repressed resigned retiring shy spiritless subdued submissive suppressed tame tamed timid tolerant tractable unambitious unaspiring unassuming unboastful uncomplaining unimposing unobtrusive unostentatious unpresuming unpresumptuous unpretending unpretentious unresisting weak yielding