Broken
Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.
Submissive and broken are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Submissive" instead an adjective "Broken".
Submissive
Submissive adjective - Readily giving in to the command or authority of another.
Broken and submissive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Broken" instead an adjective "Submissive".
Nearby Words: submission, submissively
Both words in one sentence
- He flays Theon's fingers and toes and possibly castrates reducing him from a proud handsome man to a broken wreck, terrified of and submissive to Ramsay.
Source: Sadist - A later scene (although it's set at the start of the chapter due to the broken chronology) shows them happily married with her being submissive and him keeping up the dominant act.
Source: Best Her to Bed Her - While he's perfectly happy being the submissive one in the relationship, she's a Broken Bird with abandonment issues and so will take him for granted often and sometimes crosses the line to full-on abuse.
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