Sarcasm and negative humor are common tools for passive-aggressive gaslighters. By masking insults as jokes, they can hurt their target without taking responsibility for their behavior.

Legere says jealous people often downplay or ignore other people's successes. "Instead of celebrating you and being happy for you, they'll brush them off or say things like, 'It's not even that big of ...

“This type of aggression is also known as indirect hostility, indirect aggression or passive aggression.” While most of us have a general idea of the types of behaviors that qualify as passive ...

"Bless your heart" has many different meanings in the South. Sometimes it's used as a passive-aggressive insult (a nice way for a polite Southerner to tell you that you're wrong), and sometimes it ...

Subtle insults Most of us recognize when we are ... then it might not be a case of passive-aggressive behavior. But if it is frequent and not obviously attributable to independent, external ...