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Antonyms for submissive
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : suhb-mis-iv |
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈmɪs ɪv |
Definition of submissive
Origin :- 1580s, "inclined to submit," from Latin submiss-, past participle stem of submittere (see submission) + -ive. Masochistic sexual sense is attested by 1969. As a noun in this sense, by 1985. Related: Submissively; submissiveness.
- adj compliant
- There was something about her eyes not unlike the dog's expression, submissive, but questioning.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The officers then could not abide him, though some were submissive to him because of his father's position.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- It has been questioned, however, whether in this instance he was not too submissive.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- And I wait, submissive to His will, for nothing happens unless He wills it.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The man, the most submissive; the woman, the most affectionate.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- The youth retired to obey: he was quite subdued and submissive by this time.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- He was submissive to the Abbot, but in the depths of his soul he never ceased to condemn him.
- Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
- She had always been so submissive, and now he saw she was not to be shaken in her fixed resolve.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- With these he thought he could keep the buccaneer contingent in order and submissive.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- He felt that he deserved to be humbled in this way, and he tried to be submissive.
- Extract from : « The Fairchild Family » by Mary Martha Sherwood
Synonyms for submissive
- abject
- accommodating
- acquiescent
- amenable
- bowing down
- comformable
- complying
- deferential
- docile
- domesticated
- dutiful
- giving-in
- humble
- ingratiating
- lowly
- malleable
- meek
- menial
- nonresistant
- nonresisting
- obedient
- obeisant
- obeying
- obsequious
- passive
- patient
- pliable
- pliant
- resigned
- servile
- slavish
- subdued
- tame
- tractable
- uncomplaining
- unresisting
- yes
- yielding
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