English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of passive

passive

/adjective/ निष्क्रिय; सहनशील; अप्रतिरोधी; निष्क्रय; अनिवारक; दब्बू; धैर्ययुक्त;

Synonym inactive; tolerant; effortless; sheepish; patient;

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English Dictionary:

1. Passive

[a.]

- Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.
- Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.
- Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
- Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.