| Main Entry: | meek |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy; compliant |
Synonyms: |
acquiescent, deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, lenient, long-suffering, longanimous, lowly, manageable, mild, milquetoast, modest, nothing, orderly, pabulum, passive, patient, peaceful, plain, resigned, serene, soft, spineless, spiritless, subdued, submissive, tame, timid, tolerant, unassuming, unpretentious, unresisting, weak, weak-kneed, wishy-washy, yielding, zero* |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, emboldened, immodest, impertinent, uninhibited |
| Main Entry: | ashamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretting, remorseful |
Synonyms: |
abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, chagrined, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, demeaned, discomfited, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, flustered, guilty, hesitant, humble, humbled, humiliated, meek, mortified, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, stammering, stuttering, submissive |
Antonyms: |
bold, defiant, immodest, not sorry, shameless, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | diffident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant; unconfident |
Synonyms: |
backward, bashful, blenching, chary, constrained, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, flinching, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, rabbity, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassuming, unassured, unobtrusive, unpoised, unsure, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
bold, confident |
| Main Entry: | docile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compliant, submissive |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, biddable, childlike, complacent, cool, docious, ductile, easily influenced, easy, easygoing, gentle, governable, humble, laid-back, manageable, meek, mellow, mild, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant, quiet, resigned, soft, tame, teachable, tractable, usable, weak-kneed, well-behaved, willing, yielding |
Antonyms: |
determined, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncooperative, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | fainthearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | timid |
Synonyms: |
afraid, cowardly, cowed, cowering, fearful, frightened, gutless, having cold feet, intimidated, lily-livered, meek, mousy, spineless, unassertive, weak, wimpy, yellow* |
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a mild or kind nature |
Synonyms: |
affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, biddable, bland, compassionate, considerate, cool*, cultivated, disciplined, docile, domesticated, dove-like, easy, genial, humane, kindly, laid back, lenient, manageable, meek, mellow, merciful, moderate, pacific, peaceful, placid, pleasant, pleasing, pliable, quiet, soft, softhearted, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, tame, taught, temperate, tender, tractable, trained, warmhearted |
| Notes: | genteel means marked by refinement in taste and manners; a gentile is a person who does not acknowledge your God or denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; gentle means soft and mild or having or showing a kindly or tender nature |
Antonyms: |
crude, rough, troubled, unkind, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | living in, coming from poor circumstances |
Synonyms: |
base, baseborn, humble, ignoble, lowborn, lowly, mean, meek, obscure, plain, plebeian, poor, rude, simple, unpretentious, unwashed |
Antonyms: |
high, rich |
| Main Entry: | lowly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, plain |
Synonyms: |
average, base, baseborn, cast down, common, commonplace, docile, dutiful, everyday, gentle, humble, ignoble, low, lowborn, mean, meek, menial, mild, modest, mundane, obscure, obsequious, ordinary, plebeian, poor, proletarian, prosaic, retiring, reverential, servile, simple, submissive, subordinate, unassuming, unpretentious, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
higher, lofty, noble, pretentious, superior |
| Main Entry: | mild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing, pleasant in personality |
Synonyms: |
amiable, balmy, bland, calm, clement, compassionate, complaisant, deferential, docile, dull, easy, equable, feeble, flat, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, humane, indulgent, insipid, jejune, kind, lenient, meek, mellow, merciful, mild-mannered, moderate, obeisant, obliging, pacific, patient, peaceable, placid, serene, smooth, soft, spiritless, subdued, submissive, subservient, tame, temperate, tender, tranquil, unassuming, vapid, warm |
Antonyms: |
agitated, flappable, nervous |
| Main Entry: | modest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
Synonyms: |
bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, demure, diffident, discreet, humble, lowly, meek, moderate, nice, proper, prudent, quiet, reserved, resigned, reticent, retiring, seemly, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, silent, simple, temperate, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unassured, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
arrogant, assured, bold, brave, conceited, courageous, egotistical, proud, self-confident, unabashed, unashamed |