They subjugate the meek.
Source: tatoeba (279549)
Meek
//miːk//
Synonyms for "meek" (81 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (40)
Related word relations
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Translations
91 translations across 25 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- mansu adj (submissive, dispirited)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кротък adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- мек adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- покорен adj (submissive, dispirited)
- смирен adj (submissive, dispirited)
Czech
4 entries- mírný adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- mírný adj (submissive, dispirited)
- poddajný adj (submissive, dispirited)
- pokorný adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Dutch
2 entries- gedwee adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- zachtmoedig adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Finnish
4 entries- alistuva adj (submissive, dispirited)
- nöyrä adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- vaatimaton adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- kesyttää verb (to tame, to break)
French
4 entries- faible adj (submissive, dispirited)
- humble adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- modeste adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- soumis adj (submissive, dispirited)
Galician
4 entries- dondo adj (submissive, dispirited)
- manso adj (submissive, dispirited)
- modesto adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- submiso adj (submissive, dispirited)
German
4 entries- bescheiden adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- demütig adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- duldsam adj (submissive, dispirited)
- ergeben adj (submissive, dispirited)
Greek
4 entries- πειθήνιος adj (submissive, dispirited)
- πράος adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- σεμνός adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- ταπεινός adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Hungarian
3 entries- alázatos adj (submissive, dispirited)
- beletörődő adj (submissive, dispirited)
- szerény adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Indonesian
1 entries- rendah hati adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Italian
4 entries- introverso adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- modesto adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- pavido adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- rassegnato adj (submissive, dispirited)
Macedonian
1 entries- кроток adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Māori
2 entries- haki adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- māhaki adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Norwegian
1 entries- blyg adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- saktmodig adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- ydmyk adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- кротъкъ adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Persian
2 entries- سربهزیر adj (submissive, dispirited)
- فروتن adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Polish
4 entries- arcyskromny adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- arcyskromny adj (submissive, dispirited)
- cichy adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- pokorny adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Portuguese
3 entries- manso adj (submissive, dispirited)
- modesto adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- submisso adj (submissive, dispirited)
Romanian
3 entries- modest adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- supus adj (submissive, dispirited)
- umil adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Russian
4 entries- безро́потный adj (submissive, dispirited)
- кро́ткий adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- мягкий adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- поко́рный adj (submissive, dispirited)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- macanta adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Spanish
4 entries- humilde adj (submissive, dispirited)
- manso adj (submissive, dispirited)
- modesto adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
- resignado adj (submissive, dispirited)
Swedish
2 entries- undergiven adj (submissive, dispirited)
- ödmjuk adj (humble, modest, or self-effacing)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
There's more to her than you think. She may seem pretty meek on first glance, but I get the sense she can get things done when she needs to.
Source: tatoeba (312539)
The key is that Asuka abuses Shinji. So, rarely, Shinji flips and assaults Asuka. Then Asuka is surprisingly meek.
Source: tatoeba (327464)
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Source: tatoeba (1355895)
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