Examples of 'passive-aggressive' in a sentence
Meaning of "passive-aggressive"
Passive-aggressive (adjective): Refers to behavior that is indirectly hostile or negative while appearing passive or non-confrontational on the surface. For example, giving someone the silent treatment as a way to express anger or resentment is a form of passive-aggressive behavior
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- Showing passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations.
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We all get to be passive-aggressive and fight.
Passive-aggressive does not really suit you.
I am talking about your passive-aggressive behavior.
Passive-aggressive mean girl comes to mind.
I have missed our passive-aggressive silences.
Passive-aggressive behavior is one of the most troublesome.
I will start drafting my passive-aggressive endorsement.
This passive-aggressive thing is really annoying.
This is some other passive-aggressive bullshit.
That passive-aggressive number went out long ago.
That was actually a passive-aggressive insult.
I am passive-aggressive and actively aggressive.
I hope that was not too passive-aggressive.
Another common passive-aggressive behaviour is to be disruptive.
We have wasted so much time being passive-aggressive.
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You are not as passive-aggressive as you pretend to be.
I think you are manipulative and passive-aggressive.
Dealing with passive-aggressive team members.
The psychologist would call it passive-aggressive.
Another common passive-aggressive behavior is to be disruptive.
Tell her to stop being passive-aggressive.
My mother was passive-aggressive in the sweetest of ways.
We are all guilty of being a little passive-aggressive sometimes.
I feel a passive-aggressive threat in everything you say.
Or with mothers accustomed to passive-aggressive behavior.
You are passive-aggressive and cruel and diminishing.
I think we are all guilty of being passive-aggressive at times.
Finding passive-aggressive ways of using my hobbies against me.
Avoid hidden insults or passive-aggressive tones.
Be very passive-aggressive and meddlesome.
That he is expressing himself in a passive-aggressive way.
I call it the passive-aggressive bullet to the head.
You applying for this job is passive-aggressive.
Enough with the passive-aggressive wheelchair thing.
Passive-aggressive behavior is covert hostility.
Other women become very passive-aggressive.
A lot of passive-aggressive cyber bullying.
Refuse to accept or participate in passive-aggressive behaviour.
Being passive-aggressive with your roommate.
I can not stand that passive-aggressive stuff.
This was a passive-aggressive manifestation of your deep resentments toward me.
By being your usual passive-aggressive self.
Passive-aggressive behavior may not be necessarily a personality disorder.
You are a little passive-aggressive today.
Passive-aggressive behavior is frustrating for both parties involved.
That sounds both passive-aggressive and condescending.
Some of your comments here are quite passive-aggressive.
Sounds like classic passive-aggressive commitment transference to me.
Otherwise it starts coming out in passive-aggressive ways.
Everyone is passive-aggressive to some degree.
