English-Thai Dictionary

subservient

ADJ ซึ่ง สนับสนุน  ซึ่ง ส่งเสริม  auxiliary subsidiary sueng-sa-nab-sa-nuan

 

subservient

ADJ ยอม รับใช้  เหมือน ทาส  เหมือน คนใช้  servile submissive obsequious yom-rab-chai

 

subserviently

ADV อย่าง ยอม รับใช้  อย่าง ยอม เป็น ทาส  obsequiously yang-yom-rab-chai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBSERVIENT

a.[L. subserviens.] Useful as an instrument to promote a purpose; serving to promote some end. Hammond had an incredible dexterity, scarcely ever reading any thing which he did not make subservient in one kind or other.
1. Subordinate; acting as a subordinate instrument. These are the creatures of God, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.
These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another.

 

SUBSERVIENTLY

adv. In a subservient manner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUBSERVIENT

Sub *serv "i *ent, a. Etym: [L. subserviens, -entis, p.pr. See Subserve. ]

 

Defn: Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other. Bp. Fell. These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. Ray. Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. Burke.

 

SUBSERVIENTLY

SUBSERVIENTLY Sub *serv "i *ent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a subservient manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

subservient

sub ser vi ent |səbˈsərvēənt səbˈsərviənt | ▶adjective prepared to obey others unquestioningly: she was subservient to her parents. • less important; subordinate: he expected her career to become subservient to his. • serving as a means to an end: the whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues in twelve knights. DERIVATIVES sub ser vi ence noun, sub ser vi en cy noun, sub ser vi ent ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin subservient- ‘subjecting to, complying with, ’ from the verb subservire (see subserve ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

subservient

sub |ser ¦vi |ent |səbˈsəːvɪənt | ▶adjective prepared to obey others unquestioningly: she was subservient to her parents. • less important; subordinate: he expected her career to become subservient to his. • serving as a means to an end: the whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues in twelve knights. DERIVATIVES subservience noun, subserviency noun, subserviently adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin subservient- ‘subjecting to, complying with ’, from the verb subservire (see subserve ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

subservient

subservient adjective 1 subservient women: submissive, deferential, compliant, obedient, dutiful, biddable, docile, passive, unassertive, subdued, downtrodden; informal under someone's thumb. ANTONYMS independent. 2 individual rights are subservient to the interests of the state: subordinate, secondary, subsidiary, peripheral, ancillary, auxiliary, less important. ANTONYMS superior. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See obsequious . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

subservient

subservient adjective 1 women were expected to be decorative and subservient: 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; informal under someone's thumb; archaic resistless; rare longanimous. ANTONYMS domineering; independent. 2 the rights of the individual are being made subservient to the interests of the state: subordinate, secondary, subsidiary, peripheral, marginal, ancillary, auxiliary, supplementary, inferior, immaterial; less important than, of lesser importance than, lower than. ANTONYMS superior. 3 the whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues: ancillary, subordinate, secondary, supportive; instrumental, contributory, conducive, helpful, useful, advantageous, beneficial, valuable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

subservient

sub ser vi ent /səbsə́ː r viənt /形容詞 1 «…に » 従属的な, 盲従的な, 追従的な «to » .2 ｟かたく ｠〖be ～〗 «…よりも » 重要性が低い «to » (→subordinate ).～ly 副詞