IMPASSIVE

deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive

(adjective) deliberately impassive in manner; “deadpan humor”; “his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read”

impassive, stolid

(adjective) having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; “her impassive remoteness”; “he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight”- Nordhoff & Hall; “a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course”-Virginia Woolf; “her face showed nothing but stolid indifference”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

impassive (comparative more impassive, superlative most impassive)

Having, or revealing, no emotion.

Still or motionless.

Synonyms

• apathetic, phlegmatic

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pas"sive, a.

Definition: Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope.

– Im*pas"sive*ly, adv.

– Im*pas"sive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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