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Meanings of submissive in English
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant.
Related terms
Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination.
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Examples for "domineering"
Examples for "domineering"
1
Harris' debate performance didn't win her a domineering spot in the polls.
2
It was the domineering shadow of the Juan Fernandez-like crag of Ailsa.
3
But the male in him was cold and self-complete, and utterly domineering.
4
Romantic matters bode well too, as long as you're not too domineering.
5
He had chafed long enough under the domineering ways of the ex-prizefighter.
Usage of submissive in English
1
After many seconds Lola said in the same weak, submissive voice, Yes.
2
The ministers of the Church were rendered submissive to the civil power.
3
To sit in submissive obedience seemed unreasonable; to fly from Italy impossible.
4
She could be submissive in appearance while still persisting in her aims.
5
On the other hand, the Carthusians in London had proved more submissive.
6
Mary began obediently; she had never been so submissive in her life.
7
His ideal woman-thewoman of the early Victorian period-wassubmissive and clinging.
8
I went in a sullen state, stunned and for the moment submissive.
9
I cycle between self-assured and submissive, and China Doll reiterates this contradiction.
10
A first-time submissive is usually easy to handle and eager to please.
11
I ceased, and with submissive look awaited the answer of the Genius.
12
The small eyes of the submissive Wachita watched him with vague solicitude.
13
The docile or submissive was not the remarkable element in Nina's nature.
14
We just need to teach them we won't be submissive to them.
15
In Abraham's time the people were submissive, and the world was happy.
16
Yet the Roman Catholics of America are very submissive and very sincere.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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