Synonyms of unsentimental

unsentimental

adjective

as in detached

based on, influenced by, or resulting from reason or thought rather than feelings or emotions

an unsentimental decision

She's completely unsentimental about holidays.

Related Words

• detached
• stoic
• unemotional
• aloof
• calm
• dispassionate
• reserved
• numb
• composed
• indifferent
• undemonstrative
• phlegmatic
• impassive
• emotionless
• stolid
• passionless
• unconcerned
• bloodless
• collected
• apathetic
• unmoved
• affectless
• objective
• unflappable
• impassible
• cold-blooded
• imperturbable
• insensible
• deadpan
• taciturn
• cold
• bland
• cool
• dry
• reticent
• pitiless
• wooden
• enigmatic
• impersonal
• inexpressive
• expressionless
• inscrutable
• blank
• unresponsive
• unfeeling
• empty
• thoughtless
• straight-faced
• stone-faced
• hard-hearted
• impenetrable
• vacant
• inconsiderate

Dissimilar Words

• sentimental
• mawkish
• mushy
• enthusiastic
• fiery
• dramatic
• zealous
• sympathetic
• ardent
• burning
• melodramatic
• maudlin
• compassionate
• red-hot
• glowing
• flaming
• blazing
• responsive
• histrionic
• sensitive
• emotional
• gushing
• reactive
• passionate
• warm-blooded
• impassioned
• gung ho
• fervent
• overemotional
• demonstrative
• vehement
• perfervid
• passional
• fervid
• overheated
• hot-blooded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unsentimental

This autobiography of Graves’ youth remains one of the greatest accounts of the war; unsentimental, often comic, but unflinching in its portrayal of battle and of postwar trauma. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Yet Gabriele is notably unsentimental about the prestige attached to any particular stockist. — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Her rigidly unsentimental mother, however, sees only urban labor and profitably arranged marriage in her future. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 July 2026

On intergenerational wealth, Griffin offered a strikingly unsentimental view. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026