henpecked
adjective. dominated by one's wife
meek
adjective. shy; compliant
- Milquetoast
- acquiescent
- deferential
- docile
- forbearing
- gentle
- humble
- lenient
- long-suffering
- longanimous
- lowly
- manageable
- mild
- modest
- nothing
- orderly
- pabulum
- passive
- patient
- peaceful
- plain
- resigned
- serene
- soft
- spineless
- spiritless
- subdued
- submissive
- tame
- timid
- tolerant
- unassuming
- unpretentious
- unresisting
- weak
- weak-kneed
- wishy-washy
- yielding
- zero
most agreeable
adjective. willing to be in unison, assent
most docile
adjective. compliant, submissive
obedient
adjective. well-behaved; submissive
- acquiescent
- amenable
- at one's beck and call
- attentive
- biddable
- complaisant
- compliant
- controllable
- deferential
- devoted
- docile
- docious
- duteous
- dutiful
- faithful
- governable
- honoring
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- law-abiding
- loyal
- obeisant
- obliging
- observant
- on a string
- pliant
- regardful
- resigned
- respectful
- reverential
- sheeplike
- subservient
- tame
- tractable
- under control
- venerating
- well-trained
- willing
- wrapped around finger
- yielding
passive
adjective. lifeless, inactive
- acquiescent
- apathetic
- asleep
- bearing
- compliant
- cool
- docile
- enduring
- flat
- forbearing
- going through motions
- hands off
- idle
- indifferent
- inert
- laid-back
- latent
- long-suffering
- moony
- motionless
- nonresistant
- nonviolent
- patient
- phlegmatic
- poker-faced
- quiescent
- quiet
- receptive
- resigned
- sleepy
- static
- stolid
- submissive
- tractable
- unassertive
- unflappable
- uninvolved
- unresisting
- walking through it
- yielding
permissive
adjective. lenient
resigned
adjective. enduring, passive
- accommodated
- acquiescent
- adapted
- adjusted
- agreeable
- amenable
- biddable
- calm
- compliant
- cordial
- deferential
- docile
- genial
- gentle
- long-suffering
- manageable
- nonresisting
- obedient
- patient
- peaceable
- philosophical
- pliant
- quiescent
- quiet
- ready
- reconciled
- relinquishing
- renouncing
- satisfied
- stoical
- subdued
- submissive
- subservient
- tame
- tolerant
- tractable
- unassertive
- unprotesting
- unresisting
- well-disposed
- willing
- yielding
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