Submissive

  • 21submissive to correction — index corrigible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 22submissive behaviour — ▪ animal       form of animal behaviour in which one individual attempts through appeasement displays to avoid injury by a dominant member of its own species. Appeasement displays are commonly found in species that are well armed (e.g.,… …

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  • 23submissive — Synonyms and related words: abject, abused, accepting, accommodating, accordant, acquiescent, acquiescing, adaptable, adapting, adaptive, adjustable, adjusting, affirmative, agreeable, agreed, agreeing, amenable, approving, ass kissing,… …

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  • 24submissive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. passive, tractable, yielding; see docile . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. nonresistant, nonresisting, yielding, docile, meek, tame, *broken, prostrate, compliant, obeisant, deferential, passive, servile, subservient,… …

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  • 25submissive — sub mis·sive || sÉ™b mɪsɪv adj. meek, compliant, yielding, humble, obedient …

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  • 26submissive — adjective meekly obedient or passive. Derivatives submissively adverb submissiveness noun …

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  • 27submissive — a. 1. Yielding, tractable, pliant, docile, compliant, amenable. 2. Obedient, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long suffering, passive. 3. Humble, meek, lowly …

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  • 28submissive — adj 1. acquiescent, yielding, compliant, pliant, malleable; flexible, accommodating, amenable, agreeable, adapting, adaptable; dutiful, faithful, respectful, deferential, capitulating; willing, assenting, complying, obliging, obedient, obeying;… …

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  • 29submissive — sub·mis·sive …

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  • 30submissive — [səbˈmɪsɪv] adj willing to do what other people tell you to do without arguing submissively adv submissiveness noun [U] …

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