Bad
Bad adjective - Engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior.
Usage example: the children were bad, so they didn't get dessert
Submissive is an antonym for bad.
Submissive
Submissive adjective - Readily giving in to the command or authority of another.
Usage example: it's not in her nature to be submissive
Bad is an antonym for submissive.
Nearby Words: submission, submissively
Both words in one sentence
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He's a ruthless dictator and revolutionary but is completely submissive to his wife, whose temper is just as bad as his.
Source: Henpecked Husband - Blue and Orange Morality: Lord Guano's view on what constitutes proper behavior for Genies does not conform with normally accepted concepts of good and bad, and is instead centered entirely on being properly submissive and fulfilling your master's wishes.
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The former has parents who are abusive and far too submissive to their bratty daughter Sarah and a bratty little sister and the latter has two abusive parents who berate him for his bad grades and an abusive Big Brother Bully.
Source: Big Screwed-Up Family
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