submissive
inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
marked by or indicating submission or a yielding to the authority of another: a submissive reply.
Also called, Informal, sub . the participant in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship who is obedient, giving power and control to another participant.
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Other words from submissive
- sub·mis·sive·ly, adverb
- sub·mis·sive·ness, noun
- non·sub·mis·sive, adjective
- non·sub·mis·sive·ly, adverb
- non·sub·mis·sive·ness, noun
- qua·si-sub·mis·sive, adjective
- qua·si-sub·mis·sive·ly, adverb
- un·sub·mis·sive, adjective
- un·sub·mis·sive·ly, adverb
- un·sub·mis·sive·ness, noun
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How to use submissive in a sentence
I’m not where they’re from and they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive.
Schumer vows vote on Build Back Better legislation despite Manchin’s opposition | John Wagner | December 20, 2021 | Washington PostBeing a stranger to Germany, Fazazi was, at the time, utterly dependent on her husband, and submissive to his views on where to go, and how to dress and behave.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed | Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet | September 2, 2021 | Washington Post“Ensure that you aren’t the first one to stray away from making eye contact—that’s a submissive gesture,” says Donaldson.
Exude power and confidence with better body language | John Kennedy | August 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMany young women in the BDSM subculture find their way into a dominant role, whether coming from a submissive standpoint or not.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau | Ian Frisch | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are three types of cuckolded men: the submissive, forced bisexual, and the voyeurs.
The Cuckolding Fetish: When Your Wife’s Cheating Turns You On | Aurora Snow | February 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
They do it because they want women to be submissive, second-class citizen.
Harassment Of Women Is Nothing New—The Internet Just Makes It Easier | Amanda Marcotte | January 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDemeanor: If your dog is really submissive, do you really want a bully?
Sunny’s Debut, Bo’s Bubble, and the Undogly Life of a Presidential Pet | Dr. Patty Khuly | August 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe got into two serious dogfights with much larger male dogs, and showed zero signs of playing the female submissive.
Fashion—Do not be too submissive to the dictates of fashion; at the same time avoid oddity or eccentricity in your dress.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyInstead of creating men, a perfect God ought to have created only docile and submissive angels.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierTheir profession requires vile and submissive slaves, who never have the audacity to reason.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierA week passed thus: the count came twice to see me, and always preserved the same cold and submissive manner.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereFolk made they submissive readily enough, and many country folk were thereon baptized.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri Sturluson
British Dictionary definitions for submissive
/ (səbˈmɪsɪv) /
of, tending towards, or indicating submission, humility, or servility
Derived forms of submissive
- submissively, adverb
- submissiveness, noun
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