subservient
adjective
[ səbˈsəːvɪənt ]
• prepared to obey others unquestioningly.
• "she was subservient to her parents"
Similar:
submissive,
deferential,
acquiescent,
compliant,
accommodating,
obedient,
dutiful,
duteous,
biddable,
yielding,
meek,
docile,
ductile,
pliant,
passive,
unassertive,
spiritless,
subdued,
humble,
timid,
mild,
lamblike,
servile,
slavish,
grovelling,
truckling,
self-effacing,
self-abasing,
downtrodden,
snivelling,
cowering,
cringing,
under someone's thumb,
resistless,
longanimous,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin subservient- ‘subjecting to, complying with’, from the verb subservire (see subserve).
