0 showing an unwillingness to be helpful or friendly, without expressing your anger openly:
passive-aggressive behaviour
If managers are passive-aggressive in their behavior, it can end up stifling team creativity.
Finally, passive-aggressive responses also known as neglect, is characterized by sidestepping the conflict while eliciting an indirect reaction from the other conflict party.
However, he is a clear example of a passive-aggressive personality.
Wildfire, in return, was often passive-aggressive in his treatment of her.
They often express emotional stress, and passive-aggressive attitudes.
She frequently asks intrusive questions and makes veiled passive-aggressive insults.
Renee ruffles the other women's feathers with her passive-aggressive behaviour initially but eventually becomes friends with her neighbours.
Her personality has been described as passive-aggressive, witty, narcissistic, and sinister.
