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impassive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of impassive

1 not feeling or showing emotion

  • she remained impassive as the officers informed her of her son's death
Synonyms of impassive

affectless, apathetic, cold-blooded, emotionless, impassible, numb, passionless, phlegmatic, stoic (or stoical), stolid, undemonstrative, unemotional
Words Related to impassive

cold, cool, dispassionate, unmoved

calm, collected, composed

imperturbable, unflappable

reserved, reticent, taciturn

bland, blank, deadpan, dry, empty, expressionless, inexpressive, stone-faced, straight-faced, vacant, wooden

enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable

aloof, bloodless, detached, indifferent, insensible, unconcerned, unsentimental

impersonal, objective, unresponsive

hard-hearted, pitiless, unfeeling

inconsiderate, thoughtless
Near Antonyms of impassive

blazing, burning, fiery, flaming, glowing, red-hot

ardent, enthusiastic, gung ho, warm-blooded, zealous

gushing, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sentimental

dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, overemotional, overheated, perfervid

compassionate, responsive, sympathetic

reactive, sensitive
Antonyms of impassive

demonstrative, emotional, fervent, fervid, hot-blooded, impassioned, passional, passionate, vehement

2 not expressing any emotion

  • an impassive expression on the prisonerʼs face as his sentence was read
Synonyms of impassive

blank, catatonic, deadpan, empty, expressionless, inexpressive, numb, stolid, vacant
Words Related to impassive

dull, vacuous, vague, vapid

enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious

motionless, static, still, wooden

reserved, restrained, reticent, taciturn

aloof, apathetic, cold, cool, detached, indifferent, phlegmatic, unresponsive
Near Antonyms of impassive

engaged, interested, responsive

active, alive, animated, bright, busy, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, expansive, exuberant, lively, vivacious

eloquent, revealing, revelatory

gestic, gesticulant, gesticulative, gesticulatory, gestural

emotional, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric), unreserved, unrestrained
Antonyms of impassive

demonstrative, expressive

Synonym Discussion of impassive

impassive, stoic, phlegmatic, apathetic, stolid mean unresponsive to something that might normally excite interest or emotion. impassive stresses the absence of any external sign of emotion in action or facial expression.
    • met the news with an impassive look
stoic implies an apparent indifference to pleasure or especially to pain often as a matter of principle or self-discipline.
    • was resolutely stoic even in adversity
phlegmatic implies a temperament or constitution hard to arouse.
    • a phlegmatic man unmoved by tears
apathetic may imply a puzzling or deplorable indifference or inertness.
    • charitable appeals met an apathetic response
stolid implies a habitual absence of interest, responsiveness, or curiosity.
    • stolid workers wedded to routine

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