submissive (a)

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type a
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def inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
examples submissive servants
a submissive reply
replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
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Also see humble; obedient; subordinate; unassertive
Derivationally related form submissive → submissiveness; submissive → submit; submissive → submit
Antonym submissive → domineering
Similar to abject; bowed, bowing; meek, spiritless; cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy; dominated, henpecked
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Also see unassertive; obedient; subordinate
Antonym domineering → submissive
Similar to abject; bowed, bowing; meek, spiritless; cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy; dominated, henpecked
Derivationally related form submissiveness → submissive; submit → submissive; submit → submissive

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