submissive
adjective
Origin of submissive
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Antonyms for submissive
Related Words for submissive
meek, accommodating, deferential, passive, obedient, dutiful, abject, amenable, docile, domesticated, humble, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, menial, obeisant, obsequious, patient, pliable, pliantExamples from the Web for submissive
Contemporary Examples of submissive
Many young women in the BDSM subculture find their way into a dominant role, whether coming from a submissive standpoint or not.
There are three types of cuckolded men: the submissive, forced bisexual, and the voyeurs.
They do it because they want women to be submissive, second-class citizen.
Girls were raised to marry early, to be submissive, to mother large families, and to find employment to support all of them.
But they could come up with a competitive candidate who would be neither the dominant Berlusconi nor the submissive Alfano.
Historical Examples of submissive
There was something about her eyes not unlike the dog's expression, submissive, but questioning.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
The officers then could not abide him, though some were submissive to him because of his father's position.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
It has been questioned, however, whether in this instance he was not too submissive.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IFrancis Augustus Cox
And I wait, submissive to His will, for nothing happens unless He wills it.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
The man, the most submissive; the woman, the most affectionate.
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.