What are the opposite words for meekness?
Meekness, meaning humility, gentleness, and submission, has several antonyms that express the opposite qualities. Arrogance, pride, and haughtiness are words that connote an attitude of self-importance, dominance, and superiority. Boldness, audacity, and impudence are antonyms for meekness that suggest assertiveness and defiance rather than submission. Aggressiveness, combativeness, and hostility are other antonyms that imply a willingness to fight or confront others. While meekness may be seen as a weakness, its antonyms indicate a strength of character that is confident, forceful, and unafraid to stand up for oneself.
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- severity
- pretension
- insolence
- pride
- bravery
- courage
- strength
- airs
- assurance
- audacity
- austerity
- brashness
- daring
- enterprise
- gall
- hardihood
- haughtiness
- impertinence
- license
- licentiousness
- overconfidence
- self-centeredness
- self-esteem
- self-satisfaction
- submission
- vainglory
- valor
- venturesomeness
- arrogance
- boldness
- conceit
- confidence
- effrontery
- egoism
- egotism
- heroism
- impudence
- presumptuousness
- prowess
- rudeness
- affectation; pretended behavior
- exaggerated self-opinion
- recklessness, daring
- impulsiveness; nerve
- derring-do
- side of human face
- fearlessness
- boldness, braveness
- daring deed
- cheek
- nerve, boldness
- air of supremacy
- boldness, disrespect
- abandon, indulgence
- daring, boldness
- forwardness, daring
- arrogance, self-importance
- impoliteness
- self-absorption
- egomania
- pride, contentment
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- severity
- pretension
- insolence
- pride
- bravery
- courage
- strength
- airs
- assurance
- audacity
-
austerity
- asceticism,
- astringence,
- baldness,
- chasteness,
- exactness,
- formality,
- formalness,
- inclemency,
- self-discipline,
- spareness,
- starkness,
- Inclemencies,
- rusticism,
- exactingness,
- dourness,
- Spartanism,
- asceticisms,
- astringences,
- baldnesses,
- chastenesses,
- de termination,
- de terminations,
- de-termination,
- de-terminations,
- dournesses,
- exactingnesses,
- formalnesses,
- in clemencies,
- in clemency,
- in flexibilities,
- in flexibility,
- in-clemencies,
- in-clemency,
- in-flexibilities,
- in-flexibility,
- primitivenesses,
- rusticisms,
- self denial,
- self discipline,
- self disciplines,
- self-disciplines,
- selfdenial,
- selfdisciplines,
- sparenesses,
- spartanisms,
- un adornment,
- un adornments,
- un-adornment,
- un-adornments,
- unadornment,
- unadornments.
- brashness
- daring
- enterprise
- gall
- hardihood
- haughtiness
- impertinence
-
license
- gluttony,
- immoderation,
- irresponsibility,
- licentiousness,
- looseness,
- profligacy,
- wildness,
- Gluttonies,
- dis order,
- dis orders,
- dis-order,
- dis-orders,
- ex cess,
- ex-cess,
- ex-cesses,
- irresponsibilities,
- loosenesses,
- re laxation,
- re laxations,
- re-laxation,
- re-laxations,
- relaxednesses,
- self indulgence,
- selfindulgence,
- un restraint,
- un restraints,
- un-restraint,
- wildnesses.
- licentiousness
- overconfidence
- self-centeredness
- self-esteem
-
self-satisfaction
- self-approbation,
- self-approval,
- peace mind,
- self approbation,
- self approbations,
- self approval,
- self approvals,
- self pleasure,
- self pleasures,
- self satisfaction,
- self-approbations,
- self-approvals,
- self-pleasure,
- self-pleasures,
- selfapprobation,
- selfapprobations,
- selfapproval,
- selfapprovals,
- selfpleasure,
- selfpleasures,
- selfsatisfaction.
- submission
- vainglory
- valor
- venturesomeness
-
arrogance
- disdainfulness,
- gall,
- highhandedness,
- imperiousness,
- loftiness,
- lordliness,
- overbearingness,
- pridefulness,
- smugness,
- superciliousness,
- Hauteur,
- Conceitedness,
- Contemptuousness,
- high-handedness,
- scornfulness,
- conceitednesses,
- contemptuousnesses,
- disdainfulnesses,
- high handedness,
- high handednesses,
- high-handednesses,
- highhandednesses,
- imperiousnesses,
- overbearance,
- overbearances,
- pre tension,
- pre-tension,
- scornfulnesses,
- self importance,
- self love,
- selfimportance,
- selflove,
- smugnesses.
- boldness
-
conceit
- complacence,
- immodesty,
- stuffiness,
- Outrecuidance,
- Self-admiration,
- Self-conceit,
- Self-exaltation,
- complacences,
- selfconceit,
- snottiness,
- amourpropre,
- immodesties,
- outrecuidances,
- self admiration,
- self admirations,
- self conceit,
- self conceits,
- self exaltation,
- self exaltations,
- self regard,
- self-admirations,
- self-conceits,
- self-exaltations,
- selfadmiration,
- selfadmirations,
- selfconceits,
- selfexaltation,
- selfexaltations,
- selfregard,
- snottinesses,
- stuffinesses.
- confidence
- effrontery
-
egoism
- megalomania,
- self-absorption,
- self-centeredness,
- self-interest,
- self-worship,
- swellheadedness,
- megalomanias,
- self interest,
- self interests,
- self possession,
- self worship,
- self-interests,
- self-worships,
- selfinterest,
- selfinterests,
- selfpossession,
- selfworship,
- selfworships,
- swellheadednesses,
- vauntings.
- egotism
- heroism
- impudence
- presumptuousness
- prowess
-
rudeness
- bluntness,
- boorishness,
- crudeness,
- crudity,
- intrusiveness,
- officiousness,
- unkindness,
- Crudities,
- Unmannerliness,
- bluntnesses,
- boorishnesses,
- crudenesses,
- dis courtesies,
- dis courtesy,
- dis-courtesies,
- dis-courtesy,
- mis behavior,
- mis behaviors,
- mis-behavior,
- officiousnesses,
- tactlessnesses,
- un graciousness,
- un graciousnesses,
- un kindness,
- un kindnesses,
- un mannerliness,
- un mannerlinesses,
- un-graciousness,
- un-graciousnesses,
- un-kindness,
- un-kindnesses,
- un-mannerliness,
- unmannerlinesses.
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affectation; pretended behavior
- airs.
- exaggerated self-opinion
- recklessness, daring
- impulsiveness; nerve
- derring-do
- side of human face
- fearlessness
- boldness, braveness
- daring deed
- cheek
- nerve, boldness
- air of supremacy
- boldness, disrespect
- abandon, indulgence
- daring, boldness
- forwardness, daring
- arrogance, self-importance
- impoliteness
- self-absorption
- egomania
- pride, contentment
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Other relevant words
- aggressiveness,
- assertiveness,
- assumption,
- attitude,
- audaciousness,
- boastfulness,
- boldness,
- brashness,
- bumptiousness,
- cheek,
- cheekiness,
- cockiness,
- cocksureness,
- conceit,
- condescension,
- disdain,
- egoism,
- egotism,
- flamboyance,
- forwardness,
- haughtiness,
- huffiness,
- imperiousness,
- impertinence,
- impudence,
- insolence,
- loftiness,
- lordliness,
- nerve,
- ostentation,
- ostentatiousness,
- overconfidence,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- presumptuousness,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- pridefulness,
- sauciness,
- scorn,
- self-centeredness,
- self-complacency,
- self-importance,
- self-satisfaction,
- showiness,
- superciliousness,
- superiority,
- swagger,
- swash,
- temerity,
- vanity,
- Brassiness,
- Peremptoriness,
- Self-applause,
- Self-conceit,
- Self-opinion,
- Self-partiality,
- vaingloriousness,
- self-assumption,
- toploftiness.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
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- Antonyms:
- boring, common, dramatic.
