Engelsk tillægsord: submissive | |||
| 1. | submissive inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Submissive servants. A submissive reply. Replacing troublemakers with more submissive people. | ||
| Termer med lignende betydning | abject, bowed, bowing, cringing, dominated, groveling, grovelling, henpecked, meek, spiritless, wormlike, wormy | ||
| Se også | humble, obedient, subordinate, unassertive | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | domineering | ||
| 2. | submissive abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life. A slavish yes-man to the party bosses. She has become submissive and subservient. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | slavish, subservient | ||
| Termer med lignende betydning | servile | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | unservile, unsubmissive | ||