supineadjective
uk/ˈsuː.paɪn//ˈsjuː.paɪn/us/ˈsuː.paɪn/supine adjective (BODY)
formal (lying) flat on your back, looking up:
We walked along the beach, past the rows of supine bodies soaking up the sun.
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prone
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Reclining
- fallen
- full-length
- lain
- lay
- lean
- lean (sth) against/on sth
- lie around
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- recline
- recumbent
- repose
- sink
- sit
- spreadeagled
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
- sup
- supinate
- supination
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supine adjective (CHARACTER)
disapproving If you are supine, you are weak and willing to accept the control of others:
The new director has introduced a series of changes against little opposition from the supine staff.
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Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- ebb
- faint
- impotent
- indefensible
- lax
- limp
- malleable
- susceptible
- toothless
- totter
- underbelly
- unprotected
- unsteady
- vulnerable
- wraith
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supinely
adverb uk/ˈsuː.paɪn.li//ˈsjuː.paɪn.li/us/ˈsuː.paɪn.li/formal