Antonyms for meekness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : meek |
| Phonetic Transcription : mik |
Definition of meekness
Origin :- c.1200, meknesse; see meek (adj.) + -ness.
- noun submission
- Receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- Though not a revengeful character, he had not that meekness which never resents.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- She speaks gently, but there is an obstinacy in him, despite his meekness.
- Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
- His anger changed to meekness, and his words were mild and fawning.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Can he compass his spirit with meekness, and strangle a natural oath?
- Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
- "I haven't acted quite right," said Harvey, surprised at his own meekness.
- Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
- The rage of the wolf is changed to the meekness of the lamb.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- This meekness of wisdom Elder Knowles preeminently possessed.
- Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
- Yet by her meekness she had oftentimes controlled them both.
- Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
- I may have ideals if I like—even of love and forbearance and meekness.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
Synonyms for meekness
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