Category:Submissive

Sub*mis"sive, a.

1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; Yielding; obedient; humble. Not at his feet submissive in distress, creature so fair his Reconcilement seeking. Milton.

2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a Submissive demeanor. With a submissive step i hasted down. Prior.

Syn. -- obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient; humble; Modest; passive. -- sub*mis"sive*ly, adv. -- sub*mis"sive*ness, n.