Associations to the word «Submissive»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
SUBMISSIVE, noun. One who submits
SUBMISSIVE, adjective. Meekly obedient or passive.
Dictionary definition
SUBMISSIVE, adjective. 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".
SUBMISSIVE, adjective. 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".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.