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[mi:k] aкроткий, мягкий; смиренный♢
meek as a lamb /as Moses/, meek and mild - кроткий как овечка; кроток как агнецblessed are the meek - библ. блаженны кроткие
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3 meek
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4 docile
1. a послушный, покорный2. a редк. понятливый способный к учениюСинонимический ряд:1. accommodating (adj.) accommodating; agreeable; complacent; obliging; willing2. domesticated (adj.) domesticated; gentle; harmless; mild; tame; trained3. manageable (adj.) amenable; biddable; manageable; obedient; pliant; submissive; teachable; tractable4. meek and mild (adj.) acquiescent; compliant; easily influenced; meek; meek and mild; mild-manneredАнтонимический ряд:disagreeable; rebellious; wild -
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['plækəbl]прил.1) кроткий, незлопамятный; благодушныйI saw him placable and mild. — Я видел его в благодушном и кротком настроении.
Syn:2) спокойный, мирныйHis placable course was the choice of his individual judgment. — Его миролюбивая линяя поведения была личным выбором.
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a властный, повелительныйСинонимический ряд:1. dictatorial (adj.) absolute; autocratic; despotic; dictatorial; oppressive; tyrannical2. dominant (adj.) ascendant; dominant; master; outweighing; overbalancing; overpowering; overweighing; overwhelming; paramount; predominant; predominate; preponderant; prevalent; regnant; sovereign3. masterful (adj.) authoritarian; bossy; dogmatic; domineering; high-handed; imperative; imperial; imperious; magisterial; masterful; peremptory4. proud (adj.) arrogant; cavalier; disdainful; dismissive; egotistic; haughty; high-and-mighty; hubristic; huffy; insolent; lofty; lordly; orgulous; overweening; pompous; presumptuous; proud; proudhearted; supercilious; superior; toploftical; toploftyАнтонимический ряд:docile; humble; meek; mild; modest; obsequious; servile; submissive; subservient; unimposing
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meek — [mi:k] adj [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: mjukr soft ] very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people ▪ He was always so meek and mild . >meekly adv ▪ All right, said Neil meekly. >meekness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
mild — adj. 1 not very cold VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, turn (esp. BrE) ▪ Later in the week the weather turned very mild. ▪ remain ADVERB … Collocations dictionary
meek — adjective very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue or express an opinion: a meek and obedient child | meek and mild (=extremely quiet and gentle): She d never stand up for herself, she s too meek and mild. meekly adverb: She smiled meekly.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
meek — [mēk] adj. [ME meke (earlier meoc) < ON miukr, pliant, gentle < IE base * meug , *meuk , to slip, slippery, slimy > MUCK, L mucus, Gr myxa] 1. patient and mild; not inclined to anger or resentment 2. too submissive; easily imposed on;… … English World dictionary
Mild — (m[imac]ld), a. [Compar. {Milder}; superl. {Mildest}.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. ? gladdening gifts.] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mild steel — Mild Mild (m[imac]ld), a. [Compar. {Milder}; superl. {Mildest}.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. ? gladdening gifts.] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meek — modest, *humble, lowly Analogous words: gentle, mild (see SOFT): subdued, submissive, *tame: *compliant, acquiescent, resigned: *forbearing, tolerant, lenient: patient, long suffering (see corresponding nouns at PATIENCE) Ant … New Dictionary of Synonyms
The Wesley Family, Samuel, Samuel, John and Charles — (1662 1791) • Samuel, 1662 1735 Born at Winterborn Whitchurch, Dorset, the son of the vicar, he was educated at Newington Green, a private school where he was a friend of Daniel Defoe. He graduated B.A. from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1688 … British and Irish poets
meek — [[t]mi͟ːk[/t]] meeker, meekest ADJ GRADED If you describe a person as meek, you think that they are gentle and quiet, and likely to do what other people say. He was a meek, mild mannered fellow. ...the meekest and most docile of people. Derived… … English dictionary
mild — 1. adjective /ˈmaɪld/ Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a … Wiktionary
meek — Synonyms and related words: abject, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, amenable, bland, broken, chastened, compliant, deferential, docile, domesticated, dovelike, forbearing, gentle, housebroken, humble, humble minded,… … Moby Thesaurus