Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passive aggressive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
pas-sive ag-gres-sive
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

more passive aggressive (comparative) most passive aggressive (superlative)

Questions

What does passive aggressive mean?
Alternative form of passive-aggressive.

How to pronounce passive aggressive

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