missive
English translations
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Word details
- German meaning
- Sich unterordnend, gehorsam und willig, den Wünschen oder Befehlen anderer zu folgen.
- English meaning
- Submissive
- Synonym
- unterwürfig, ergeben
- German example
- Sie verhielt sich ihrem Vorgesetzten gegenüber sehr submissiv.
- English example
- She behaved very submissively towards her supervisor.
- Comparative
- submissiverSuperlative: am submissivsten
Related words
- Missiven
letters
- dismissive
dismissiv
- emissive
emissiv
- Botschaft
missive
- Schreiben
missive
- Unterwürfigkeit
submissiveness
- emittierend
emissive
- Folgsamkeit
submissiveness
- gottergeben
submissive to God's will
- permissiv
permissive
- unterwürfig
submissive
- unterschlächtig
submissive
- demütig
submissive
- fügsam
submissive
- emissiv
emissive
- abweisend
dismissive
- herablassend
dismissive
- dismissiv
dismissively
- ablehnen
dismissive
- schwänzeln
To fawn means to behave in a submissive or flattering manner in order to gain favor.
- behindertenfeindlich
Ableist means having a dismissive, discriminatory, or hostile attitude towards people with disabilities.
- Gebärde
Gesture
- beyfällig
Beyfällig means assenting, inclined, or readily yielding, often in a submissive or devout manner.
- Duckmäuser
A yes-man is a person who behaves submissively and obsequiously towards authorities, often out of cowardice or self-interest.
- die kalte Schulter zeigen
To give someone the cold shoulder means to treat someone dismissively or unfriendly, to ignore them.
- auslassend
Omissive means leaving something out or not taking it into account.
- fremdenfeindlich
Xenophobic means having a hostile or dismissive attitude towards foreigners or strangers.
- unterwürfig
Submissive means to submit to someone in a humble manner, often out of fear or to gain an advantage.
- kommissiv
Commissives means that an action or statement involves an obligation or promise to do or refrain from doing something specific.
- permissiv
Permissive
- Geste
Gesture
- inkonsequent
inconsistent
- Hundeblick
"Puppy dog eyes", a pleading, submissive look, often to gain sympathy or favor.
- abdankend
In a humble or submissive manner; resigning or abdicating.
- gefügig
Compliant, obedient, submissive