passive-aggressive

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Showing passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations.
  2. Showing covert hostility, intending to cause annoyance or to humiliate, while maintaining a transparent (to the recipient) veneer of politeness.
    — “I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship.

词形变化

more passive-aggressive comparative most passive-aggressive superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
paggro pass-agg passive-aggression passive-aggressively passive-aggressiveness passive-aggressive personality disorder passive-aggressivist aggressor
相关词
resistance
并列词
passive-dependent

词源

From 1940s, after passive aggression.
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