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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•mis•sive /səbˈnɪsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - showing a willingness to give in to the power or wishes of another:a submissive servant.
See -mis-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•mis•sive (səb mis′iv),USA pronunciation adj. - inclined or ready to submit;
unresistingly or humbly obedient:submissive servants. - marked by or indicating submission:a submissive reply.
sub•mis′sive•ly, adv. sub•mis′sive•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tractable, compliant, pliant, amenable.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged passive, resigned, patient, docile, tame, subdued.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rebellious, disobedient.
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