10 definitions found for submissive

Submissive SUBMISS'IVE, a. Yielding to the will or power of another; obedient.
1. Humble; acknowledging one's inferiority; testifying one's submission.
Her at his feet submissive in distress,
He thus with peaceful words uprais'd.

submissive adj 1: 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" [ant: domineering] 2: 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" [syn: slavish, subservient, submissive]

submissive - lajor

submissive adjective Date: 1575 submitting to others <submissive employees> • submissively adverb • submissiveness noun

submissive
adj.
1 humble; obedient.
2 yielding to power or authority; willing to submit.
Derivatives:
submissively adv. submissiveness n.
Etymology: SUBMISSION after remissive etc.

submissive səbˈmɪsɪv adj. 1 humble; obedient. 2 yielding to power or authority; willing to submit. øøsubmissively adv. submissiveness n. [SUBMISSION after remissive etc.]

Submissive 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.

submissive a. 1. Yielding, tractable, pliant, docile, compliant, amenable. 2. Obedient, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long-suffering, passive. 3. Humble, meek, lowly.

submissive səbˈmɪsɪv adj. 1 yielding, acquiescent, deferential, compliant, obedient, tractable, amenable, agreeable, accommodating, passive, unresisting, pliant, flexible, manageable, unassertive, docile, meek, timid, resigned, uncomplaining: As a child she was very submissive but she rebelled in adolescence. 2 obsequious, abject, subservient, servile, humble, deferential, slavish, ingratiating, truckling, biddable, sycophantic, toadying, Colloq boot-licking, Taboo slang brown-nosing, Brit arse-kissing, arse-licking, US ass-kissing, ass-licking: She keeps a few submissive lackeys about to do her bidding.

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