Definitions for submissive

submissive sub·mis·sive

Spelling: [suh b-mis-iv]
IPA: /səbˈmɪs ɪv/

Submissive is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in submissive (beiimsssuv).

Definitions for submissive

adjective

  1. inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient:
  2. marked by or indicating submission or an instance of yielding to the authority of another:

Origin of submissive

First recorded in 1580-90; submiss + -ive

Examples for submissive

But they could come up with a competitive candidate who would be neither the dominant Berlusconi nor the submissive Alfano.

And I wait, submissive to His will, for nothing happens unless He wills it.

The man, the most submissive; the woman, the most affectionate.

The officers then could not abide him, though some were submissive to him because of his father's position.

Many young women in the BDSM subculture find their way into a dominant role, whether coming from a submissive standpoint or not.

It has been questioned, however, whether in this instance he was not too submissive.

There was something about her eyes not unlike the dog's expression, submissive, but questioning.

Girls were raised to marry early, to be submissive, to mother large families, and to find employment to support all of them.

There are three types of cuckolded men: the submissive, forced bisexual, and the voyeurs.

They do it because they want women to be submissive, second-class citizen.

Word Value for submissive
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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