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submissive
/səb'mɪsɪv/
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Definitions of submissive
  1. adjective
    abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
    "she has become submissive and subservient"

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    slavish subservient servile
  2. adjective
    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"

    Similar: 

    groveling grovelling henpecked meek spiritless wormlike abject wormy bowed bowing cringing dominated
    Opposite:
    domineering
Examples of submissive
  • "she has become submissive and subservient"
  • "submissive servants"
  • "a submissive reply"
  • "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
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