How to use submissive in a sentence. Add to word list showing a willingness to be controlled by other people A submissive gesture (definition of submissive from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press) Inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another See examples of submissive used in a sentence. Definition of submissive adjective from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary
Too willing to accept somebody else’s authority and willing to obey them without questioning anything they want you to do He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive She followed him like a submissive child. If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing Some doctors want their patients to be submissive. Submissiveness is the quality of willingly yielding to others’ authority or control, often characterized by a compliant, obedient attitude or a tendency to defer to others’ preferences
Factsheet what does the word submissive mean There are eight meanings listed in oed's entry for the word submissive See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Submissive synonyms, submissive pronunciation, submissive translation, english dictionary definition of submissive Inclined or willing to submit American heritage® dictionary of the english language, fifth edition.
To be submissive is to obey or yield to someone else When you are submissive, you submit to someone else's will, which literally, you put your own desires lower than theirs. Obedient, docile, compliant, restrained, tractable, biddable, meek, gentle Defiant, rebellious, disobedient, willful, wilful, unruly, refractory, contrary
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