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- [suh b-mis-iv]
- /səbˈmɪs ɪv/
- /ˈʌn.səb.ˈmɪ.sɪv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh b-mis-iv]
- /səbˈmɪs ɪv/
Definitions of unsubmissive word
- adjective unsubmissive inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants. 1
- adjective unsubmissive marked by or indicating submission or an instance of yielding to the authority of another: a submissive reply. 1
- adjective unsubmissive not submissive 0
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Origin of unsubmissive
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; submiss + -ive
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Parts of speech for Unsubmissive
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unsubmissive popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
unsubmissive usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unsubmissive
adj unsubmissive
- disaffected — discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority.
- hard as nails — tough, durable
- hardened — made or become hard or harder.
adjective unsubmissive
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- indurated — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- inured — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
Antonyms for unsubmissive
adjective unsubmissive
- feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
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