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say it: meek
meek is an adjective meaning "humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness". It carries 3 recorded senses.
evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
“compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others”
“a fine fiery blast against meek conformity”
“she looked meek but had the heart of a lion”
“was submissive and subservient”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for meek come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.