Being insulted by someone who is passive-aggressive can, at times, be tricky to figure out. The insults are probably hurled before you can even figure out that they’re meant to be for you. Their remarks may not be addressed to you, but sooner rather than later, you’ll realize that they are aimed at you. Despite their words being evasive, they will still have an effect on you whether you like it or not, which proves just how vile they are. Passive-aggressive people are negative and indirectly hostile. They give out insincere and backhanded compliments, often implying someone’s success is a fluke when in truth, they are envious of that person’s achievement. They are also hypercritical. They’re always venting and complaining about the smallest things. At work, these are your colleagues who shoot down everything because no suggestion or proposal is good enough for them.
