Search Result:submissive
KK Pronunciation
〔 sәbˋmIsIv 〕
Pronunciation
〔 sәbˊmisiv 〕
Overview of adj submissive
The adj submissive has 2 senses
- submissive -- (inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people")
- slavish, subservient, submissive -- (abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient")