passive-aggressively
With veiled hostility
Passive-aggressively describes doing something in a way that expresses hostility or resentment indirectly rather than openly.
Instead of confronting an issue, someone acting passive-aggressively might give the silent treatment, procrastinate deliberately, or offer backhanded compliments: She passive-aggressively "forgot" to invite him to the meeting.
He passive-aggressively sighed every time she spoke.
With mocking insincerity
- indirectlyVia intermediate means
- backhandedDeceptively unkind praise
- snidelyWith veiled contempt
- subtlyWith quiet nuance
insinuating · veiled · hinting · undermining · dismissively · evasively · noncommittally · cryptically
Postponing what needs doing
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- sulkingSilent, resentful withdrawal
- withholdingKeeping from another
- sabotagingDeliberately undermining or destroying
obstructing · forgetting · deliberately · intentionally · stubbornly · resentfully · grudgingly · reluctantly
In a scheming manner
- guilt-trippingInducing remorse deliberately
- martyringExecuting for convictions
- victimizingHarming or exploiting someone
- blamingAssigning responsibility for wrongdoing
deflecting · gaslighting · invalidating · triangulating · complaining · venting · gossiping · excluding
Transmitting digital correspondence
- documentingCreating a formal record
- notingPerceiving and recording
- circling backReturning to a topic
- micromanagingExcessive control over details
per my last email · friendly reminder · delegating · scheduling · declining · unavailable · busy · overwhelmed
sarcastically
With mocking insincerity
- indirectlyVia intermediate means
- backhandedDeceptively unkind praise
- snidelyWith veiled contempt
subtly · insinuating · veiled · hinting · undermining · dismissively · evasively · noncommittally · cryptically · ambiguously
procrastinating
Postponing what needs doing
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- sulkingSilent, resentful withdrawal
- withholdingKeeping from another
sabotaging · obstructing · forgetting · deliberately · intentionally · stubbornly · resentfully · grudgingly · reluctantly · half-heartedly
manipulatively
In a scheming manner
- guilt-trippingInducing remorse deliberately
- martyringExecuting for convictions
- victimizingHarming or exploiting someone
blaming · deflecting · gaslighting · invalidating · triangulating · complaining · venting · gossiping · excluding · isolating
emailing
Transmitting digital correspondence
- documentingCreating a formal record
- notingPerceiving and recording
- circling backReturning to a topic
per my last email · friendly reminder · micromanaging · delegating · scheduling · declining · unavailable · busy · overwhelmed · miscommunicating
passive-aggressivelydirectly
Without intermediary steps
openly · forthrightly · confrontationally · bluntly · frankly
passive-aggressivelyhonestly
In a truthful manner
genuinely · sincerely · authentically · overtly · transparently
passive-aggressivelyaggressively
In hostile, confrontational manner
combatively · belligerently · hostilely · violently · confrontationally
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