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English adjective: submissive | |||
| 1. | submissive inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination | ||
| Samples | Submissive servants. A submissive reply. Replacing troublemakers with more submissive people. | ||
| Similar | abject, bowed, bowing, cringing, dominated, groveling, grovelling, henpecked, meek, spiritless, wormlike, wormy | ||
| See also | humble, obedient, subordinate, unassertive | ||
| Antonyms | domineering | ||
| 2. | submissive abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | ||
| Samples | Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life. A slavish yes-man to the party bosses. She has become submissive and subservient. | ||
| Synonyms | slavish, subservient | ||
| Similar | servile | ||
| Antonyms | unservile, unsubmissive | ||
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