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Definition
inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others- She has become silently submissive.
submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
- Harriet kissed her hand in silent and submissive gratitude.Austen, Jane -- Emma
- The archdeacon had in Quasimodo the most submissive slave, the most docile lackey, the most vigilant of dogs.Hugo, Victor -- Notre-Dame de Paris
- He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in the eye is a challenge.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
- It's one of your favorite fantasies, isn't it? the submissive Oriental woman and the cruel white man.David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly
- The kid was quick to comply and Archie was pleased at his submissiveness.Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War
- I put my hands on the table, folding them over each other in what I hoped was a submissive pose, and waited.Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
- All are submissive, all would like to be friends, like to obey, think little.Hermann Hesse -- Siddhartha
- He was quiet and submissive.James McBride -- The Color of Water
- Grady, Grade-E loser, ... and crystal meth submissive,Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
- You expect Oriental countries to submit to your guns, and you expect Oriental women to be submissive to your men.David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly
- What my lot may have in store I know not, but I am submissive to the will of God.Dostoyevsky, Fyodor -- Poor Folk
- And with a low submissive reverenceShakespeare, William -- The Taming of the Shrew
- Stolidly submissive to the question, as she had been stolidly submissive to the fire, Hester Dethridge wrote her reply.Collins, Wilkie -- Man And Wife
- " said a ragged and submissive man, "it is a child.Dickens, Charles -- A Tale Of Two Cities
- And with submissive loyalty of heartShakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 1
- replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
- a submissive reply
- submissive servants
- "Yes, Your Majesty," she said as submissively as possible, staring at the man's boots.Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
submissiveness = tendency to submit to the wishes of others
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means state or degree of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)
submissive = appearing to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
submissive = inclined to submit to the wishes of others
submissive = inclined to submit (give in)