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单词 submissive
释义

submissive

adjective

sub·​mis·​sive səb-ˈmi-siv How to pronounce submissive (audio)
: submitting to others
submissive employees
submissively adverb
submissiveness noun

Synonyms

  • amenable
  • biddable
  • compliant
  • conformable
  • docile
  • law-abiding
  • obedient
  • tractable
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Example Sentences

it's not in her nature to be submissive
Recent Examples on the Web In a world where women are already held to different standards than men, treading the line between being perceived as submissive and aggressive, this vote of inconfidence from a powerful entity can serve to sharpen that double-edged sword. Rebekah Bastian, Forbes, 26 June 2022 Similar to Alexa and Siri, such robots are docile, submissive, and designed to please. Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 They were taught to be obedient and submissive, even as they were abused. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022 And they are widely considered capable and smart in supporting roles but too deferential and submissive to run lines of business or entire organizations. Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022 Here’s this fleecy white creature, submissive and prepared for the bloodbath soon to come, a pure being, elevated far above the muck. Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022 Last fall, during Richard Quinn's London Fashion Week show, drag queen Violet Chachki wore a cinched dominatrix catsuit and mask down the runway -- complete with a submissive companion crawling in-tow. Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 May 2022 Almond described him as combative at times and submissive at other times. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022 Lovett and Vilim’s reference point was the 1975 version of the The Stepford Wives, which is about a woman who moves to suburban Connecticut and comes to suspect that the submissive, samey-looking wives all around her are robots programmed to serve. Vogue, 24 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

submissive

adjective

sub·​mis·​sive səb-ˈmi-siv How to pronounce submissive (audio)
: willing to give in to others

Medical Definition

submissive

adjective

sub·​mis·​sive səb-ˈmis-iv How to pronounce submissive (audio)
: characterized by tendencies to yield to the will or authority of others
bullying usually involves a stronger, more dominant personality coercing a weaker, more submissive personality S. W. Twemlow et al.

submissive

adjective

as in obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another it's not in her nature to be submissive

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • obedient
  • docile
  • compliant
  • restrained
  • meek
  • biddable
  • tractable
  • gentle
  • repressed
  • conformable
  • subservient
  • acquiescent
  • amenable
  • soft
  • servile
  • subordinate
  • decorous
  • controllable
  • dutiful
  • tame
  • obliging
  • law-abiding
  • obsequious
  • amiable
  • surrendering
  • agreeable
  • placable
  • fawning
  • kowtowing
  • duteous
  • slavish
  • constrained
  • yielding
  • disciplined
  • governable
  • mannerly
  • orderly
  • obeisant
  • mild
  • inhibited
  • teachable
  • manageable
  • trainable
  • curbed
  • handleable
  • disciplinable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • defiant
  • disobedient
  • rebellious
  • willful
  • unruly
  • wilful
  • contumacious
  • refractory
  • restive
  • headstrong
  • stubborn
  • recalcitrant
  • wayward
  • contrary
  • insubordinate
  • noncompliant
  • obstinate
  • rebel
  • mutinous
  • defiant
  • intractable
  • obstreperous
  • ungovernable
  • froward
  • unyielding
  • wild
  • hardheaded
  • obdurate
  • uncontrollable
  • unamenable
  • balky
  • resistant
  • naughty
  • peevish
  • untoward
  • insurgent
  • mulish
  • unmanageable
  • mischievous
  • dogged
  • perverse
  • self-willed
  • pigheaded
  • incompliant
  • bad
  • undisciplined
  • disorderly
  • insolent
  • balky
  • impudent
  • disrespectful
  • errant
  • dissident
  • nonconformist
  • rude
  • misbehaving
  • impolite
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
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