Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Submissive"

A: A "submissive person" is a someone who allows to be controlled by someone else.
A "submissive wife" or "submissive wives (plural)" is a wife that obeys every word or order that her husband gives to her.

A: Someone who allows someone else to command him/her, control him/her.

A: "Damn boy you're looking submissive and breedable. We're starting a family NOW and I know you won't say no."

"They dump all their work on you because you're submissive. You have to stand up for yourself!"

"I'm sorry I'm so submissive I really tried to stand up for myself. What should I do?"

A: 1. In many patriarchal societies, women are expected to be submissive to men.
2. Injustices exist because the truth is submissive to power and money.
2. He is a submissive servant.

A: 1. Stop being so submissive.
2. Why are you acting submissive towards him? He has no power over you.
3. She was shy and submissive around men.
4. They starved us until we became submissive.
5. If he wasn't a loyal and submissive servant, would he have bowed down to the king?

A: not big difference just most people see submissive apart of being weak spirited but obediently is more following the rules very strictly

A: You need to put “to” after “her” because it is a short way to say “to do”. You can also say “She is very submissive and always does what her husband tells her to do.” But, is more natural to say “She is very submissive and always does what her husband tells her to.”

A: "You should stop being submissive, they'll start thinking they're better than you."
"Camille is always so obedient, the teacher always praises her".
"We are unwilling to continue being submissive".
"When I was a kid, I was so obedient, while the others were so noisy".

I had fun making these sentences, hope you noticed the difference!

A: A submissive person is under a force/person that forces them to do things.They either do not have a choice or simply feel the need to submiss themselves.
For example: In medieval England many villagers were submissive to their king.
An obedient person chooses to do actions given by someone.
For example: He was an obedient child because he followed the orders.
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A: Ex. A submissive wife
Ex. A compliant student

Submission has to do with following rules because of RESPECT.
Compliant is following the rules.

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Obedient: they do what they are told. They “obey”

Submissive: they also do what they are told: they “submit”


Both words are used very infrequently. ESPECIALLY submissive, submissive generally has sexual cannotations. Obedient is used for dogs and children, and in the cases of religion it can be used for anyone.


“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.”- Ephesians 5:22 (Niv bible)

Both words mean basically the same thing, but you wont have to worry about them as they have negative cannotations (atleast in this day and age) so you wont use them very much.

Parents use “well behaved” or simply “good” when refurring to their children these days.

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A: I don’t understand this.

I think submissive and breedable/breathable don’t make sense to describe a schedule.

Lookin’/looking here refers to how the schedule appears/looks/seems.

The schedule looks flexible.
The schedule is flexible looking.
I like the flexible looking schedule.
I like the schedule that looks flexible.

A: that's an interesting concept

A: Sub-miss-ive

A: Thanks a lot for the help.

A: is correct, but you should also know using the word "submissive" sounds rather formal. In conversation, we would usually say something like...
He's always begging for money,
She begged me to take her to that fancy restaurant that just opened.
Please don't beg. I'll help you in just a minute.