Happy
Obedient
Obedient adjective - Readily giving in to the command or authority of another.
Happy and obedient are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Happy" instead an adjective "Obedient".
Nearby Words: obedience, obediently
Both words in one sentence
- Bread and Circuses: Pimrose is a nasty woman and uses this to ensure her people are happy and obedient.
Source: Webcomic / Endstone -
You don't need much imagination to guess that it's actually a drug siphoned directly into the population's water supply to keep them happy and obedient.
Source: Drugs Are Bad -
He states that he isn't happy he's a slave and wishes he was free, but since that probably won't happen he's decided to just be obedient and try to be as happy as possible.
Source: Happiness in Slavery
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