different between docile vs respectful
docile
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docere (“teach”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??.sa?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d??.s?l/, /?d??.sa?l/
Adjective
docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)
- Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
- Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
Synonyms
- (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable
- (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable
Antonyms
- (yielding to control): perverse, defiant, rebellious, wilful
Derived terms
- docilely
- docility
Related terms
- docent
- doctor
- doctorate
- doctrinaire
- doctrinal
- doctrine
- document
- indoctrinate
Translations
Anagrams
- cleido-, coiled, coldie
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin docilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?.sil/
- Rhymes: -il
Adjective
docile (plural dociles)
- docile
Derived terms
- docilement
Further reading
- “docile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin docilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?.t??i.le/
Adjective
docile (plural docili)
- compliant, obedient, docile, meek
- Antonym: indocile
Derived terms
- docilità
- docilmente
Further reading
- docile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
docile
- nominative neuter singular of docilis
- accusative neuter singular of docilis
- vocative neuter singular of docilis
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respectful
English
Alternative forms
- respec'ful
Etymology
respect +? -ful
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???sp?ktf?l/
- Hyphenation: re?spect?ful
Adjective
respectful (comparative more respectful, superlative most respectful)
- Marked or characterized by respect
- 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu
- On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.
- 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu
Antonyms
- contemptuous
- disdainful
- disrespectful
Related terms
- respectfully
- respectfulness
Translations
See also
- respective
- respectable
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