Submissive

Word SUBMISSIVE
Character 10
Hyphenation sub mis sive
Pronunciations /səbˈmɪsɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Submissive"

What do we mean by submissive?

Inclined or willing to submit. adjective

Inclined or ready to submit; yielding to power or authority; obedient; humble.

Testifying or showing submission: of things.

Synonyms Compliant, yielding, obsequious, subservient, tractable, docile; resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long-suffering.

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. adjective

Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission. adjective

One who submits noun

Meekly obedient or passive. adjective

Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant adjective

Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination adjective

(BDSM) One who submits to a dominant partner in sexual practices.

One who submits.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Submissive

The word "submissive" in example sentences

The City had done a serious effort to take out beggars from the streets, yet the very cold streets were lined with immobile figures frozen in submissive, pleading positions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Saying that to be Christian women have to be submissive is like saying that Christians have to be anti-Semitic because the Gospel of Matthew villanizes Jews, without taking into account his audience or his purpose in writing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The creepy spectacle of watching one warrior after the next insist that we must risk other people's lives and bomb more people so that we don't feel girlish and scared and submissive is repugnant enough, in itself, to have to witness on a daily basis. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Golfing sportsman said it best submissive is the way to go, they know what you want out of them, and are eager to please you. ❋ Unknown (2005)

She sat still, in submissive patience, her cheek pale with the working of a heart too big for that little body. ❋ Unknown (1854)

That they won’t see you so long as you remain submissive? ❋ Unknown (2009)

They also call a submissive wife a "cricket on the stove"; I just hope they're not lighting the burners to watch it jump -- no spousal abuse, please! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Quiverfull and what could be called the submissive lifestyle are ultimately convictions of faith, and many women choose to follow them regardless of potential hardships. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It may be paradoxical, but understanding how to deliver sensual pleasure to a submissive is an important skill for dominants. ❋ Dr. Gloria G. Brame (2000)

Boy: Widely applied to male submissives, but has special meaning in gay leather culture, where it may also refer to the submissive partner in a daddy/boy relationship. ❋ Dr. Gloria G. Brame (2000)

Refers to a submissive male cross-dresser or a male submissive who is panty trained even though he is not actually a transvestite. ❋ Dr. Gloria G. Brame (2000)

Aboard and under Clyde's eye they were a quiet crew, even Sadler, who wasn't what you'd call submissive by nature, but in port, Clyde would now and then let them run riotous. ❋ Arthur Willis Colton (N/A)

They are very submissive, that is, they never protest. ❋ Alice Henry (1900)

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