79 entries under deferential topic. ×
| abject(adjective, humble, meek, passive, submissive) | |
| attentive(adjective, submissive, docile, dutiful) | |
| law-abiding(submissive, docile, obedient, disciplined) | |
| lowly(meek, passive, obedient) | |
| nonresisting(adjective, quiet, gentle, meek, subdued) | |
| regardful(adjective, attentive, submissive, docile, obedient) | |
| sheeplike(adjective, submissive, docile, dutiful) | |
| under control(expression, idiom, submissive, docile) | |
| brownnosing(adjective, humble, flattering, sycophantic) | |
| cowering(adjective, humble, submissive, docile, obedient) | |
| cringing(adjective, humble, submissive, docile, obedient) | |
| docious(adjective, quiet, gentle, meek, easygoing) | |
| domesticated(adjective, gentle, mild, meek, passive) | |
| flattering(adjective, slick, slippery, sycophantic) | |
| groveling(adjective, humble, flattering, sycophantic) | |
| honoring(submissive, docile, dutiful) | |
| kowtowing(adjective, flattering, sycophantic, toadying) | |
| menial(meek, passive, submissive, obedient, flattering) | |
| on a string(expression, idiom, submissive, docile) | |
| parasitic(adjective, humble, flattering, sycophantic) |
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