1
as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
she remained impassive as the officers informed her of her son's death
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2
as in blank
not expressing any emotion
an impassive expression on the prisoner's face as his sentence was read
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as in impassiveness
a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness
the killer's apparent impassivity as he dispatched his victims
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Recent Examples of impassive
Jason Anthony, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025
What To Know Several reporters tried to question Balmer as he was led out of the courthouse, but the suspect remained silent, only breaking his impassive stare by rolling his eyes upward into the back of his head and pushing out his tongue to cover his chin.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
But my neighbor, impassive, lethargically tapped his forefinger against his Post.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The tone and point of view were lofty, sharp-eyed, seemingly impassive.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Whether from the return of fasting or sheer exhaustion, players may become impassive.
—Jason Anthony, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025
What To Know Several reporters tried to question Balmer as he was led out of the courthouse, but the suspect remained silent, only breaking his impassive stare by rolling his eyes upward into the back of his head and pushing out his tongue to cover his chin.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
But my neighbor, impassive, lethargically tapped his forefinger against his Post.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The tone and point of view were lofty, sharp-eyed, seemingly impassive.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassive
Adjective
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Whether your preference is seaside towns, Olympic stadiums, stoic statues or artistic arches, Greece has plenty to fill your cellphone’s camera roll and offer you an unforgettable experience.—
Tracy Scott Forson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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The wildcard: Swiatek, normally stoic and focused on the court, has occasionally seemed distracted or at odds with herself this season.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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What once sat blank and unmoving begins to flow and creak and jerk beneath its own weight.—
Laura Poppick
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Pinterest is flooded with soft-launch ideas: two plates on the dinner table, two silhouettes cast against a blank wall, two pairs of shoes sitting next to one another.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Bale ran to the corner of the pitch, and, having been an expressionless bystander for much of the evening, shouted in ecstasy.—
Hua Hsu,
The New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2022
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The company poured $10 billion into its Reality Labs division last year, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was criticized last week after posting a selfie that showed an expressionless version of his avatar in front of the Eiffel Tower.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2022
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On social media, news of his passing was met with apathy and derision by younger people who never knew him as a champion, only as a right-wing punchline.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
26 July 2025
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That fear, judgment, apathy and walls to this healing will be replaced with attentiveness and care.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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This enigmatic character used his power to control the time-stream in a post-Crisis on Infinite Earths scenario to create a smaller universe with only two populated planets: our Earth and Krypton.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
17 July 2025
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Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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How brown phlegm looks can vary from person to person.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
15 June 2025
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Common causes of brown phlegm include smoking, exposure to toxins or pollutants in the air, cystic fibrosis, and bacterial lung infections.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
15 June 2025
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But at Landing Zone English in Vietnam, the 25-man military intelligence detachment just down slope from us had only two or three without bachelor’s degrees.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 July 2025
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She’s rescued by a detachment of American doughboys, led by the aforementioned Pvt.—
Ben H. Winters,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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“Impassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassive. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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