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单词 dutiful
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dutiful

How could dutiful wife live in ignorance?And that dutiful son of mine over there.It was once a job for only the most dutiful of husbands.He claimed she had given up her glittering legal career to be a dutiful housewife.She played the dutiful wife, but will she still love him tomorrow?She is the model of a loyal, dutiful wife.Oh, the devotion of a dutiful husband.After years of playing the dutiful housewife, she felt stripped of any identity.Are you the kind of woman who can play the loyal wife and dutiful daughter-in-law as and when needed?After dinner with his dutiful wife and campaign staff, he concluded that it was time to throw in the towel.But behind the image of the dutiful wife and mother is a steely political operative who has seized control of the campaign at a vital juncture.I was a dutiful daughter then.She then goes into full-on damage limitation mode, playing the doting mum and dutiful wife.Despite this experience, like a dutiful son he returned to Bombay and took up a job with an insurance company.And for the moment he felt a sort of comfort in recovering his daughter 's dutiful attendance, that made a change of habits seem possible to him.

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dutiful

British English: dutiful ADJECTIVE
If you say that someone is dutiful, you mean that they do everything that they are expected to do.
Her sole role in life is to be a dutiful wife and bear his children.
  • American English: dutiful
  • Brazilian Portuguese: atencioso
  • Chinese: 顺从的
  • European Spanish: obediente
  • French: dévoué
  • German: pflichtbewusst
  • Italian: diligente
  • Japanese: 忠実な
  • Korean: 의무를 다하는
  • European Portuguese: atencioso
  • Latin American Spanish: obediente

(adjective) 
Definition
doing what is expected
The days of the dutiful spouse are over.
Synonyms
conscientious
She is generally very conscientious about her work.
devoted
obedient
a sweet, obedient little child
respectful
He was always so polite and respectful.
compliant
a docile and compliant workforce
submissive
Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
docile
They were docile, obedient children.
deferential
stars who like five-star hotels and deferential treatment
reverential
filial
The son neglected his filial duties.
punctilious
duteous (archaic)
Opposites
uncaring
,
disrespectful
,
disobedient
,
remiss
,
insubordinate

Additional synonyms

in the sense of compliant
a docile and compliant workforce
Synonyms
obedient,
willing,
accepting,
yielding,
obliging,
accommodating,
passive,
cooperative,
agreeable,
submissive,
conformist,
deferential,
acquiescent,
complaisant,
conformable,
accordant,
assentient,
consentient
in the sense of deferential
Definition
showing respect
stars who like five-star hotels and deferential treatment
Synonyms
respectful,
civil,
polite,
courteous,
considerate,
obedient,
submissive,
dutiful,
ingratiating,
reverential,
obsequious,
complaisant,
obeisant,
regardful
in the sense of docile
Definition
(of a person or animal) easily controlled
They were docile, obedient children.
Synonyms
obedient,
manageable,
compliant,
amenable,
submissive,
pliant,
tractable,
biddable,
ductile,
teachable (rare)

Synonyms of 'dutiful'

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