submissive
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5.1
- adjective
- /səbˈmɪsɪv/
:
sumiso
- Similarly, even in the United States, Teresa takes a submissive role in her relationships.
- submissive behavior
- a submissive role
- a submissive woman
I can't believe that you've made me this submissive person and I'm not happy.
- I can't believe that you've made me this submissive person and I'm not happy.
- So the third thing, the third feminine trait men find irresistible, is being submissive.
- My biology teacher asked what's the opposite of dominant and I confidentially answered submissive to the whole class.
- Already he has put himself in this hole of being weaker and more submissive.
- Children no longer looked upon authority as sacred and beyond criticism, or upon themselves as submissive and conformist.
- But I was submissive to what God called me to do.
- And I tend to be less complicit with it, less submissive to it because it just doesn't hold any sway.
- It looks a little bit more like swinging where the husband is not in a submissive role but is sharing his wife with other men.
- It was like he was talking like that and acting like that because he was so utterly submissive to the, the will of God.
- Like I want to be able to be submissive to a man that I can trust enough that, you know, will not take advantage of me in that position.
Examples
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Like I want to be able to be submissive to a man that I can trust enough that, you know, will not take advantage of me in that position.
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A person is most happy when they are submissive to a loving authority.
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But I was submissive to what God called me to do.
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Maybe we should be submissive.
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I've actually been very surprised about how submissive you are in meetings.
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Dogs lick humans feet to show them that they're submissive to the owner or to whoever it is.
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Even after Teresa leaves Libra following this episode, she falls into the role of submissive partner to men.
Academic text (1996) -
Antonio's tactic is to be submissive and loving, and it works to perfection.
Academic text (1996) -
Yes, I see myself being supportive, but I'm not submissive, and I'm not a second-class citizen; I'm equal.
Academic text (1992) -
In a relationship, she found happiness by being submissive to her partner's desires.
Synonyms
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1.0
Willing to do what someone in charge tells you
31
5.1
Willing to follow rules or do what other people want
22
5.5
Easy to teach and willing to follow instructions
14
7.6
Too willing to obey and please people with power
12
4.4
Quiet and gentle and not likely to speak up
10
6.6
Being respectful and polite to someone because they are older or have more experience
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9.3
Trying too hard to please someone in a way that seems false
5
7.9
Copying someone else's ideas or style without any of your own
3
7.4
Too ready to obey and please other people
1
8.4
Willing to accept rules or decisions without protest
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8.3
Willing to please other people by being polite and doing what they ask
1
9.9
Ready to obey and show respect because they feel they should
1
7.4
Acting too eager to please and obey someone, often seeming weak
Willing to agree easily and give up their own view
Willing to follow orders or requests
Respectful and willing to accept other people's opinions
Very respectful and ready to obey someone in a formal way
Being too ready to obey others and not speak up
Antonyms
How Submissive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Submissive comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and mittere 'to send', so it once meant 'sent under' someone. That's why a submissive person is willing to obey and be under another's control.