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passive-aggressive
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Showing or displaying passive or subtle aggression
Showing or displaying passive or subtle resistance to authority
Characterized by the use of wit to offend
Adjective
▲
Showing or displaying passive or subtle aggression
aggressive
belligerent
antagonistic
bellicose
hostile
adversarial
inimical
irascible
defiant
feisty
narky
petulant
sullen
testy
negativistic
covertly narcissistic
violent
destructive
cantankerous
stroppy
pugnacious
argumentative
fierce
quarrelsome
angry
loudmouthed
inhospitable
confrontational
fiery
threatening
combative
militant
nasty
miffy
exasperated
irritable
malevolent
fractious
ornery
surly
splenetic
touchy
unfriendly
abusive
mean
warlike
truculent
pettish
snarly
grumpy
offensive
cross
grouchy
chippy
antipathetic
arsey
rancorous
snappish
prickly
cranky
snappy
fretful
choleric
agonistic
soreheaded
mighty
assaultive
crabby
scrappy
unkind
contrary
peppery
contentious
discordant
huffy
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
hot-tempered
quick-tempered
short-tempered
psychopathic
disputatious
gladiatorial
brawly
bitter
spiteful
unsympathetic
vitriolic
harsh
hateful
malicious
venomous
oppugnant
biting
captious
sour
negative
litigious
catty
virulent
unsociable
acrimonious
malignant
cutting
caustic
sharp
vindictive
vicious
stern
wrathful
severe
uncongenial
rude
disagreeable
jaundiced
ferocious
acerbic
spoiling for a fight
hurtful
on the warpath
ill-disposed
adverse
inconsiderate
poisonous
furious
ill-natured
rough
malign
adversary
menacing
viperous
cruel
bolshie
aggers
peevish
acerb
dour
hard
churlish
intimidating
foul
sulky
difficult
glowering
brutal
unpleasant
moody
warring
indignant
ill-humored
US
battling
disputative
fighting
ill-humoured
UK
rebellious
tough
scathing
brusque
abrasive
savage
cavilling
UK
uncooperative
factious
controversial
polemical
maleficent
callous
ready for a fight
caviling
US
challenging
malefic
curt
polemic
filthy
wounding
unfeeling
hawkish
have chip on shoulder
bickering
wrangling
insensitive
have a bone to pick
dark
galling
aggrieved
comfortless
pitiless
gruff
brooding
mean-spirited
mortal
provocative
warmongering
hot
flip
ardent
spiky
uncharitable
glum
opposed
biffo
resentful
unwelcoming
morose
disapproving
mordant
at loggerheads
opposing
stinging
on the outs
acrid
blistering
have it in for
unreceptive
frowning
waspish
searing
unruly
devastating
incisive
excitable
scowling
resistant
cold
ratty
withering
astringent
salty
bad
pernicious
antisocial
gloomy
temperamental
aggravated
cheerless
foreboding
having a chip on one's shoulder
disobedient
browbeating
bullying
perverse
spirited
courageous
spunky
obnoxious
militaristic
alien
strident
trenchant
disaffected
wayward
acid
forbidding
recalcitrant
dissenting
censorious
unpropitious
insubordinate
adversative
oppugning
tetchy
wilful
scornful
irate
contumacious
gutsy
anti
dissentious
pungent
snarky
willful
against
corrosive
looking for trouble
mordacious
averse
joyless
acidic
envenomed
disruptive
crotchety
brawling
thin-skinned
shirty
sabre-rattling
querulous
grating
grumbling
insolent
opposite
accusatorial
uncontrollable
dissentient
bold
enraged
opinionated
evil-intentioned
ready to fight
annoying
irritating
hate-filled
down on
at odds
evil-minded
rubbing the wrong way
hard to take
cussed
bilious
ireful
determined
plucky
rotten
unsocial
uncivil
itching
awkward
terrorizing
US
terrorising
UK
wretched
vile
pressuring
hectoring
imperious
domineering
jingoistic
oppositional
stand-offish
battleful
sarcastic
ill
sardonic
crabbed
pushy
despiteful
satirical
peckish
liverish
curmudgeonly
waxy
barbed
dissident
conflicting
wrestling
bloodthirsty
tilting
martial
skirmishing
grim
satiric
hotheaded
tart
unwilling
reluctant
stabbing
vituperative
ominous
ructious
tempestuous
arguesome
acidulous
raspy
mocking
frightening
self-assertive
itching to fight
allergic
derisive
impassioned
turbulent
passionate
war
on a short fuse
short-fused
under arms
snippety
jingoist
scalding
pro-war
snippy
stuffy
inimic
repugnant
up in arms
impetuous
forceful
agitable
sensitive
active
dead set against
dissenting from
acting in opposition
in disagreement with
at variance with
at odds with
set against
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
discontented
nagging
enthusiastic
mettlesome
lively
alive
energetic
bubbly
peppy
gritty
frisky
gutty
zestful
game
hearty
scolding
snide
criticizing
US
annoyed
vexed
displeased
irked
piqued
irritated
misanthropic
hot-blooded
galled
provoked
backbiting
cattish
full-blooded
go-getting
high-strung
hot-headed
full of pep
outraged
competitive
conflictive
conflictual
conflictory
conflictional
conflictful
shrewish
vixenish
criticising
UK
carping
complaining
evil
wicked
baleful
sharp-tongued
fault-finding
scorching
louring
vengeful
estranged
grudging
eggy
black
dysfunctional
refractory
intractable
unfavorable
US
delinquent
ungovernable
obstreperous
froward
unfavourable
UK
unsparing
naughty
badly behaved
undisciplined
ill-disciplined
mischievous
balky
obstinate
mutinous
rebel
disobliging
impudent
badly-behaved
misbehaving
whiny
problematic
restive
incompliant
untoward
cool
recusant
slashing
socially impaired
trying
self-willed
tiresome
erratic
errant
unmanageable
disturbed
pesky
roguish
rowdy
undisciplinable
ill-behaved
demanding
troublous
incorrigible
maladjusted
exasperating
unrestrainable
stubborn
irksome
uncompliant
rascally
uncontainable
devilish
wearisome
indocile
disorderly
extremely critical
intransigent
subversive
daring
resisting
audacious
reckless
resistive
disregardful
cheeky
insubmissive
dareful
sassy
non-compliant
more ❯
“Note the fake smile, the
passive-aggressive
demeanor. It's an art form.”
Adjective
▲
Showing or displaying passive or subtle resistance to authority
rebellious
recalcitrant
defiant
disobedient
insubordinate
resistant
contrary
difficult
obstinate
wilful
willful
incorrigible
factious
fractious
negativistic
intractable
unruly
ungovernable
refractory
unmanageable
wayward
obstreperous
contumacious
rebel
uncontrollable
turbulent
balky
untoward
disaffected
froward
disorderly
recusant
incompliant
restive
revolutionary
bolshie
nonconformist
malcontent
dissentient
quarrelsome
threatening
pugnacious
treacherous
militant
warring
individualistic
treasonable
anarchistic
iconoclastic
bellicose
unyielding
uncooperative
unaccommodating
unreasonable
obstructive
disobliging
unamenable
stroppy
truculent
unobliging
discourteous
unsympathetic
uncivil
unpleasant
unfriendly
disagreeable
uncongenial
rude
unamiable
ornery
contentious
bloody-minded
disputatious
insolent
ill-natured
restless
sabotaging
stubborn
radical
perverse
awkward
troublesome
headstrong
undisciplined
cantankerous
unhelpful
irritable
crabby
wild
grumpy
mutinous
grouchy
peevish
testy
tetchy
petulant
prickly
cussed
surly
touchy
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
snappy
ratty
splenetic
dyspeptic
contrarious
snappish
chippy
crusty
incontrollable
curmudgeonly
narky
choleric
ill-humoured
UK
ill-humored
US
irascible
thrawn
argumentative
crabbed
delinquent
cross
crotchety
disruptive
cranky
obdurate
sulky
pettish
sullen
waspish
bilious
sour
churlish
eggy
morose
moody
self-willed
querulous
short-tempered
badly behaved
cross-grained
rowdy
pigheaded
naughty
peppery
noncompliant
soreheaded
unwilling
errant
peckish
shirty
miffy
snaky
out of control
like a bear with a sore head
quick-tempered
fiery
trying
impatient
liverish
bearish
scratchy
inflexible
out of sorts
hot-tempered
tiresome
brusque
huffy
pervicacious
uptight
captious
acid
shrewish
spiteful
stuffy
out of hand
out of temper
in a bad mood
mischievous
mulish
unbending
lawless
fretful
uncompromising
angry
riotous
glum
ungracious
bitter
mean
whingy
complaining
snarky
miserable
impolite
edgy
undisciplinable
snippy
annoying
vexatious
renitent
snippety
blunt
impossible
waxy
whingeing
raspy
tough
sorehead
uncompliant
obstinately disobedient
on edge
exasperating
curt
hostile
problematic
belligerent
unresponsive
anarchic
gruff
critical
pouty
violent
strong-willed
irrepressible
antagonistic
abrupt
uncontrolled
negative
unbiddable
discontented
harsh
unsociable
erratic
cynical
rascally
troublemaking
nasty
dissident
acrimonious
roguish
impish
pouting
bull-headed
impetuous
inimical
fussy
hotheaded
whiny
indocile
acrid
tart
waspy
dour
as cross as two sticks
on a short fuse
vinegary
non-compliant
short-fused
intransigent
bad
misbehaving
unsupportive
opinionated
confrontational
aberrant
unpredictable
demanding
stiff-necked
lawbreaking
tense
opposing
unrestrained
noncooperating
noncooperative
grumbling
insurgent
disgruntled
scrappy
humourless
UK
humorless
US
boisterous
whining
scowling
misanthropic
seditious
boorish
terse
dissatisfied
carping
capricious
unsmiling
mopey
sinful
reckless
rough
indomitable
displeased
wrong
vicious
moping
unbridled
gloomy
iracund
iracundulous
antipathetic
ugly
adverse
arsey
grousing
thin-skinned
mardy
nasty-tempered
out of humour
out of humor
mumpish
hard to handle
in a mood
saturnine
fault-finding
ill-disciplined
attention-seeking
difficult to handle
ill-mannered
chuffy
determined
impudent
piqued
fickle
vehement
indignant
uneager
begrudging
grudging
bullheaded
vinegarish
plaintive
murmuring
unpliable
insurrectionary
unpersuadable
censorious
unmalleable
nonobservant
unmanoeuvrable
having short fuse
hot under collar
unindulgent
challenging
unbearable
undependable
intolerable
rotten
contemptible
resistive
hard-nosed
pesky
delaying
disputative
demurring
contradictory
badly-behaved
stalling
self-indulgent
immoral
arbitrary
tooshie
inconsiderate
unadaptable
stubborn as a mule
immovable
grumbly
huffy irascible
salty
moaning
hard to please
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
crying
deploring
lamenting
sticky
disturbed
maladjusted
unreciprocate
unreciprocating
nonreciprocal
flyaway
discommodious
incommodious
misbehaved
chaotic
paradoxical
contrariant
nonconforming
discordant
disagreeing
hindering
tricky
intemperate
crazy
hysterical
nuts
madcap
insurmountable
berserk
pig-headed
wrongheaded
converse
rock-ribbed
playful
anarchical
temperamental
not cooperative
inhibiting
huffish
sensitive
feisty
bristly
volatile
impulsive
wicked
offending
rash
uproarious
oversensitive
ireful
pertinacious
tumultuous
raucous
deviating
tricksy
brattish
scampish
puckish
prankish
impervious
imprudent
forward
assertive
heedless
inexorable
rumbustious
snarling
resentful
hypercritical
exasperated
crybaby
rambunctious
out of line
tempestuous
problem
teasing
fiendish
gallus
wanton
worthless
resisting
sinning
guilty
blocking
unconstructive
restrictive
annoyed
brooding
rampageous
insubmissive
full of mischief
evil
bad-mannered
rampaging
withstanding
having got out of bed on the wrong side
hot under the collar
growling
sharp
caviling
US
sore
passionate
griping
malicious
venomous
fretting
short
childish
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
cavilling
UK
hasty
malignant
hot-blooded
vindictive
filthy
having got out of bed the wrong side
easily offended
thorny
burdensome
knotty
adversarial
culpable
transgressing
criminal
deviant
dissenting
aggressive
straying
complex
insoluble
opposed
combative
oppositional
erring
dissentious
uncomplying
fallible
impossible to cope with
inhospitable
wrathful
conflicting
disapproving
vitriolic
jaundiced
virulent
stray
miscreant
devious
errable
heretic
off straight and narrow
unreliable
adversative
accusatorial
allergic
oppugnant
opposite
reluctant
unreceptive
ill-disposed
at odds
oppugning
cruel
unlikable
mean-spirited
more ❯
“The
passive-aggressive
child did not form a healthy concept of who they were as individuals.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by the use of wit to offend
snarky
caustic
cutting
sarcastic
barbed
biting
sardonic
scalding
scathing
sharp
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
smart-mouthed
tart
catty
cynical
impertinent
irreverent
scornful
snide
spiteful
mordant
acerbic
satirical
satiric
acidulous
acid
corrosive
acerb
acrid
pungent
acidic
abrasive
trenchant
bitter
stinging
mordacious
nasty
acrimonious
vitriolic
venomous
hurtful
cruel
malicious
vicious
unkind
wounding
mean
sarky
severe
incisive
critical
astringent
harsh
virulent
piercing
mocking
derisive
pointed
penetrating
keen
searing
offensive
contemptuous
sneering
taunting
ironical
devastating
scoffing
waspish
jeering
scorching
salty
disrespectful
razor-edged
poisonous
brusque
disparaging
dry
ironic
hostile
hateful
withering
rancorous
acute
carping
evil
rude
arrogant
savage
irascible
derisory
insensitive
contumelious
austere
polemic
rapier-like
vindictive
fierce
brutal
backhanded
saucy
needling
scurrilous
upsetting
belittling
grim
stringent
twitting
chaffing
captious
telling
ornery
poignant
disdainful
tactless
ill-natured
weisenheiming
pithy
snappy
unfriendly
distressing
stern
inappropriate
unblunted
ferocious
malevolent
derogatory
malignant
violent
wry
heartless
maleficent
malefic
edged
callous
cussed
insulting
truculent
malign
wise
shrewish
ridiculing
snarling
disillusioned
hard
rough
wicked
pitiless
disapproving
mischievous
extremely critical
abusive
unpleasant
painful
razor-sharp
forceful
curt
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
witty
prejudicial
churlish
backbiting
merciless
denigratory
bad
despiteful
slanderous
defamatory
blistering
lambent
unrelenting
emphatic
crisp
gruff
aggressive
cold
venomed
rigorous
unsparing
sadistic
deprecatory
strict
exacting
insinuating
snappish
snippy
testy
acetose
short
rubbing the wrong way
sour
squint-eyed
ruthless
wanton
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
cold-blooded
deprecating
slighting
vituperative
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
inconsiderate
peppery
double-edged
ungracious
pernicious
baleful
splenetic
vengeful
bilious
evil-intentioned
more ❯
“Typically, this begins with a small comment, perhaps a
passive-aggressive
comment disguised as a question.”
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