PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE

Meaning of PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE in English

adjective Date: 1946 being, marked by, or displaying behavior characterized by the expression of negative feelings, resentment, and aggression in an unassertive passive way (as through procrastination and stubbornness), ~ noun

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective ( -s ) : being, marked by, or displaying behavior characterized by the expression …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE — Date: 1946 : being, marked by, or displaying behavior characterized by the expression of negative feelings, resentment, and aggression in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE — Function: adjective Date: 1946 : being, marked by, or displaying behavior characterized by the expression of negative feelings, resentment, and …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE — 1. прил. ; психол. (о складе характера) пассивно-агрессивный 2. сущ. ; психол. человек с пассивно-агрессивным складом характера She's a passive-aggressive …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE — 1. прил.; психол. (о складе характера) пассивно-агрессивный 2. сущ.; психол. человек с пассивно-агрессивным складом характера She's a passive-aggressive and she says 'no' to everything, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
AGGRESSIVE — adj aggressive
Interlingua English vocab
PASSIVE — I. ˈpasiv, ˈpaas-, ˈpais-, -sēv also -səv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus (past participle of pati …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — I. -esiv, -ēv adjective 1. a. : tending toward, characterized by, or practicing aggression her aggressive behavior an aggressive nation …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASSIVE — (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
AGGRESSIVE — (a.) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.
Английский словарь Webster
PASSIVE — ( a. ) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — ( a. ) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSIVE — — passively , adv. /pas"iv/ , adj. 1. not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — — aggressively , adv. — aggressiveness, aggressivity /ag're siv"i tee/ , n. /euh gres"iv/ , adj. 1. characterized by or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSIVE — I. ˈpa-siv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adjective Date: 1824 1. a. : tending toward or exhibiting aggression aggressive behavior b. : marked by combative readiness an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASSIVE — adj inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. 2. passive ·adj not active, but acted …
Webster English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — adj tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.
Webster English vocab
PASSIVE — [pas.sive] adj [ME, fr. L passivus, fr. passus, pp.] (14c) 1 a (1): acted upon by an external agency (2): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — [ag.gres.sive] adj (1824) 1 a: tending toward or exhibiting aggression "~ behavior" b: marked by combative readiness "an ~ fighter" …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PASSIVE — passive BrE AmE ˈpæs ɪv § \ -əv ▷ passive|ly li ▷ passive|ness nəs nɪs ▷ passive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — aggressive BrE AmE ə ˈɡres ɪv ▷ aggressive|ly li ▷ aggressive|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PASSIVE — / ˈpæsɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. accepting what happens or what people do without trying to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — / əˈgresɪv; NAmE / adjective 1. angry, and behaving in a threatening way; ready to attack : He gets aggressive …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASSIVE — I. pas ‧ sive 1 AC /ˈpæsɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ passivity ; adverb : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AGGRESSIVE — ag ‧ gres ‧ sive S3 /əˈɡresɪv/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . behaving in an angry threatening way, as if …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PASSIVE — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PASSIVE — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PASSIVE — adj.1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) abnormally …
Oxford English vocab
PASSIVE — 1. If you describe someone as passive , you mean that they do not take action but instead let things …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An aggressive person or animal has …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An ~ person or animal has …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PASSIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES passive resistance (= a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a violent/aggressive act ▪ We will track down those responsible for this violent act. aggressive/hostile …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PASSIVE — (GRAMMAR) [noun] [U] [specialized] - the passive a way of structuring a sentence so that the grammatical subject is the …
Cambridge English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — [adjective]Some dogs are naturally aggressive.If I criticize him he gets all aggressive and starts shouting.Aggressive can also mean being determined …
Cambridge English vocab
PASSIVE — Synonyms and related words : Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adj. Function: adjective marked by bold determination and readiness for conflict FF1C; an aggressive fighter FF1E; Synonyms: assertive, assertory, militant, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — adjective marked by bold determination and readiness for conflict an aggressive fighter Synonyms: assertive, assertory, militant, pushful, pushing, pushy, self-assertive …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adj. VERBS ▪ be , look , seem , sound ▪ become , get , grow ( esp. AmE ), …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PASSIVE — n. 25B6; adjective a passive role : INACTIVE, non-active, non-participative, uninvolved. passive victims : SUBMISSIVE, acquiescent, unresisting, unassertive, compliant, pliant, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective aggressive and disruptive behaviour : VIOLENT, confrontational, antagonistic, truculent, pugnacious, macho; quarrelsome, argumentative. aggressive foreign policy : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASSIVE — adj. 1 inactive, non-aggressive, inert, motionless, unresponsive, quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, placid, still, idle, unmoving, unmoved, impassive, untouched, cool, indifferent, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — adj. 1 combative, warlike, martial, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, disputatious, litigious; hostile, unfriendly The Germanic tribes were known to the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — A French expression to indicate the reinforced front, rear, and side safety structures of a car. If the strengthened structure …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
PASSIVE — An inactive move or plan that doesn't fight for the initiative. A passive position has no hope of counterplay or …
English Glossary of Chess Terms
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. ≈ Его сознание стало почти полностью …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGGRESSIVE — прил. 1) нападающий; агрессивный, враждебный, захватнический 2) активный, деятельный, настойчивый, энергичный Syn : bold агрессивный, захватнический; - * war агрессивная …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — passive.ogg 1. ʹpæsıv n (the passive) 1> грам. страдательный залог; пассивная форма 2> редк. покорное существо 2. ʹpæsıv a 1. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AGGRESSIVE — aggressive.ogg əʹgresıv a 1. агрессивный, захватнический aggressive war - агрессивная /захватническая/ война aggressive policy - агрессивная политика aggressive acts against …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PASSIVE — 1) беспроцентный 2) пассивный 3) шумопеленгаторный • - passive car safety - passive cavity - passive circuit - passive constraint - passive extrapolation - passive game - passive network - passive …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PASSIVE — passive прил.1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. Syn:inert, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PASSIVE — 1. ʹpæsıv n (the passive) 1) грам. страдательный залог; пассивная форма 2> редк. покорное существо 2. ʹpæsıv a 1. 1> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AGGRESSIVE — a 1. агрессивный, захватнический aggressive war - агрессивная /захватническая/ война aggressive policy - агрессивная политика aggressive acts against a country …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AGGRESSIVE — прил. 1) а) решительный, энергичный, настойчивый, напористый, наступательный The developing world must agree to adopt the same manner of commitments, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. — Его ум лишь пассивно воспринимал. Syn: inert, inactive, lethargic 2) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
AGGRESSIVE — прил. 1) а) решительный, энергичный, настойчивый, напористый, наступательный The developing world must agree to adopt the same manner of commitments, in as aggressive …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PASSIVE — 1. _a. 1> пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный 2> покорный 3> _грам. страдательный (о залоге) 4> _фин. беспроцентный; - passive balance - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PASSIVE — 1. a. 1. пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный 2. покорный 3. грам. страдательный (о залоге) 4. фин. беспроцентный; - passive balance - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PASSIVE — прил. пассивный - passive balance - passive bonds - passive investment income - passive investment - past due
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
AGGRESSIVE — прил. 1) нападающий; агрессивный 2) активный, энергичный 3) амер. настойчивый, напористый • - aggressive growth fund
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
AGGRESSIVE — 1) пол. агрессивный, захватнический; диктаторский aggressive war against the USSR — захватническая война против СССР Syn: predatory See: aggressive reciprocity, aggressive unilateralism 2) псих., соц. агрессивный, …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по маркетингу и торговле
AGGRESSIVE — 1) пол. агрессивный, захватнический; диктаторский aggressive war against the USSR — захватническая война против СССР Syn: predatory See: aggressive reciprocity, aggressive unilateralism 2) псих., соц. агрессивный, …
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