释义
[ pas -iv-uh -gres -iv ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpæs ɪv əˈgrɛs ɪv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective denoting or pertaining to a personality type or behavior marked by the expression of negative emotions in passive, indirect ways, as through manipulation or noncooperation: a passive-aggressive employee who often misses deadlines.
Origin of passive-aggressive First recorded in 1945–50
OTHER WORDS FROM passive-aggressive pas·sive-ag·gres·sion, noun Words nearby passive-aggressive Passion Sunday, Passiontide, Passion Week, passivate, passive, passive-aggressive , passive-aggressive personality, passive anaphylaxis, passive clot, passive congestion, passive-dependent personality
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Example sentences from the Web for passive-aggressive His fits were passive-aggressive : He would claim to be sick, refuse to leave his TriBeCa apartment, or simply not show up.
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She spends her time carrying out a guerilla war of passive-aggressive acts against him that escalates with each passing day.
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Woven into the narrative are G-chat logs, passive-aggressive emails, and all the trappings of the Frivolous Now.
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Theirs is a mutually beneficial, passive-aggressive , love-hate relationship.
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A passive-aggressive Royal claimed that she was “bruised” by the “very aggressive” attacks.
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Yes, yes; that is the diagnosis, "personality pattern disturbance with schizoid features and passive-aggressive tendencies."
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
It is either a passive-dependent child or an aggressive child, and there is a passive-aggressive child.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Their passive-aggressive instincts are intact and on autopilot.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
Lee has to be diagnosed as 'personality pattern disturbance with schizoid features and passive-aggressive tendencies.'
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
"Passive-aggressive tendencies" are fairly common in occurrence, are they not amongst people?
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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British Dictionary definitions for passive-aggressive adjective psychoanal of or relating to a personality that harbours aggressive emotions while behaving in a calm or detached manner
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