Subservient
11subservient — [[t]səbsɜ͟ː(r)viənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If you are subservient, you do whatever someone wants you to do. Her willingness to be subservient to her children isolated her. Derived words: subservience [[t]səbsɜ͟ː(r)viəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT …
12subservient — subservience, subserviency, n. subserviently, adv. /seuhb serr vee euhnt/, adj. 1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 2. servile; excessively submissive; obsequious: subservient persons; subservient conduct. 3. useful in… …
13subservient — adj. subservient to * * * [səb sɜːvɪənt] subservient to …
14subservient — adjective 1 someone who is subservient is too willing to do what other people want them to do 2 formal less important than something else; subordinate (+ to): Your own needs must be subservient to those of the group. subserviently adverb… …
15subservient — adjective 1) subservient women Syn: submissive, deferential, compliant, obedient, dutiful, biddable, docile, passive, unassertive, subdued, downtrodden; informal under someone s thumb See note at obsequious …
16subservient — low level low level adj. 1. weak; not intense; as, low level radiation. [WordNet 1.5] 2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: {adjunct, assistant}; {associate(prenominal) ; {buck ; {deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; {subject,… …
17subservient — adj. Subservient is used with these nouns: ↑role …
18subservient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. servile, submissive, obsequious, cringing, abject; subordinate, contributory, instrumental, subsidiary. See servility, instrumentality. Ant., controlling, in charge. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …
19subservient to — 1》 prepared to obey others unquestioningly; obsequious. → subservient …
20subservient — adjective (often subservient to) 1》 prepared to obey others unquestioningly; obsequious. 2》 less important; subordinate. Derivatives subservience noun subserviency noun subserviently adverb …
