About The Word Submissive
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Submissive
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What's The Definition Of Submissive?
[adj] inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
[adj] abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" [adj] willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent Synonyms | Synonyms for Submissive: abject | bowed | bowing | compliant | cringing | dominated | groveling | grovelling | henpecked | meek | servile | slavish | spiritless | subservient | wormlike | wormy Related Terms | Find terms related to Submissive: See Also | humble | obedient | subordinate | unassertive Submissive In Webster's Dictionary \Sub*mis"sive\, a.
1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's
inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so
fair his reconcilement seeking. --Milton.
2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as,
a submissive demeanor.
With a submissive step I hasted down. --Prior.
Syn: Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient;
humble; modest; passive. -- {Sub*mis"sive*ly}, adv. --
{Sub*mis"sive*ness}, n.
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