Definitionadj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
Last update: May 3, 2016
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He is a submissive man. [adjective]
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Islam allegedly is the best and final religion for all humankind, and the Muslim man may convert his submissive wife. [adjective]
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The author appears to have a sincere belief that woman are naturally submissive to men and would be far happier as slaves. [adjective]
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There is that about you with which one cannot long be angry--a creature so gentle and submissive, a reed that bends under a blow. [adjective]
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And imperceptible as it was, and strange as it seems to say so, all that mass of lads, the soldiers, who seemed so submissive, were in precisely the same condition. [adjective]
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Ill-use me if you will; play Zantippe, and I will be more submissive than Socrates. [adjective]
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The answer to this question is that it is not all people who do tolerate it (some--the greater proportion--deluded and submissive, have no choice and have to tolerate anything). [adjective]
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Having spent her childhood and girlhood with a miserly father and a submissive mother, she could easily appreciate the necessity of love and joy in child life. [adjective]
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