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1. (adj.) submissive
inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly obedient.
2. submissive
marked by or indicating submission.
Etymology: (1580–90)
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| Definition of 'submissive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) submissive
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"
2. (adj) slavish, subservient, submissive
abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
"slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) submissive
inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble
2. (adj) submissive
showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor
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Sense: obedient and humble.
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 Afrikaans: onderdanig |
 Arabic: خاضِع، مُذْعِن، مُطيع |
 Bulgarian: покорен |
 Brazilian: submisso |
 Czech: poddajný |
 German: unterwürfig |
 Danish: ydmyg |
 Greek: υπάκουος, πειθήνιος |
 Spanish: sumiso |
 Estonian: kuulekas |
 Farsi: مطيع |
 Finnish: alistuva |
 French: soumis |
 Hebrew: כָּנוּע |
 Hindi: आज्ञाकारी, विनम्र, वश्य, |
 Croatian: podložan, pokoran |
 Hungarian: alázatos, engedelmes |
 Indonesian: penurut |
 Icelandic: hlÿðinn |
 Italian: sottomesso |
 Japanese: 従順な |
 Korean: 복종하는 |
 Lithuanian: nuolankus |
 Latvian: padevīgs; pakļāvīgs |
 Malay: turut |
 Dutch: onderworpen |
 Norwegian: lydig, ydmyk |
 Polish: uległy |
 Persian: مطيع |
 Pashto: مطیع |
 Portuguese: submisso |
 Romanian: supus |
 Russian: смиренный; покорный |
 Slovak: poddajný, povoľný, pokorn |
 Slovenian: pokoren |
 Serbian: pokoran |
 Swedish: undergiven |
 Thai: ที่ถ่อนตน |
 Turkish: uysal, itaatkâr |
 Taiwanese: 服從的 |
 Ukrainian: покірний, смиренний |
 Urdu: فرمانبردار |
 Vietnamese: dễ phục tùng |
 Chinese: 服从的 |
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