Submissiveness

Definition

submissive /sǝb'mÇsÇv/ adj ~ (to sb) ႏိွမ့္ခ်ေသာ။ က်ဳိးႏြံေသာ။ နာခံေသာ။ a submissive gesture/daughter. submissively adv submissiveness n [U]

Examples

1. ‘He is likely quite uncomfortable about the prospects of appearing weak
2. submissive or passive.’
3. ‘They were not passive
4. submissive clients but positive enthusiasts
5. with a common agenda.’
6. ‘Gentle and debonair in manners
7. he knows how to be a submissive husband and cater to the needs of his sweetheart.’
8. ‘He shows that slaves who seemed submissive and passive were cleverly using the language of their masters and subverting it to their own ends.’
9. ‘They must have given him some powerful drugs to have him so submissive and humble.’
10. ‘It's too bad that some men feel they can only express their submissive side by taking on the identity of a woman.’
11. ‘Steve had played games with her mind
12. and she had been meek and submissive.’
13. ‘I think it is just they are not aware of pressurising you to make you conform or to make you submissive.’
14. ‘Dee believed the Angels to be obedient servants of God
15. submissive to the authority of Christ.’
16. ‘At the feast which follows the three bridegrooms wager on whose wife is the most docile and submissive.’
17. ‘She is warlike and aggressive
18. not submissive and unassertive.’
19. ‘If it is sweet
20. servile and submissive
21. a new dog could bully your first dog into a life of fear and despair.’
22. ‘The prisoners were all perfectly submissive and paid every deference to the wishes of those in whose custody they were placed.’
23. ‘There is
24. and always has been
25. a lot more to women than the meek
26. submissive weaklings that we have been made out to be throughout the centuries.’
27. ‘I handed the boots
28. my letter and the reply to a pleasant
29. submissive sales assistant who went to fetch a manager.’
30. ‘She said he made the entire family proud by challenging the court and that he was never scared or submissive.’
31. ‘They seem to have all the makings of a weak
32. submissive government.’
33. ‘Basically
34. I would be much more passive
35. submissive and altruistic.’
36. ‘Girls grew up knowing that they had to be hardworking and submissive so that they could find good husbands who would take good care of them.’
37. ‘But patients are not the unquestioning
38. submissive breed they once were.’