IMPASSIVE


Meaning of IMPASSIVE in English

adjective

1.

unresponsive to what might normally excite interest or emotion

impassive endurance of pain

Synonyms: apathetic, dry, matter-of-fact, phlegmatic, stoic, stolid

Related Word: calm, cold, cool; collected, composed, dispassionate, emotionless, imperturbable, inexcitable, unexcitable, unflappable; inexpressive, reserved, reticent, taciturn, unemotional, unexpressive; bovine, passionless, placid, spiritless, unconcerned, wooden; callous, hardened, indurated, insensible; cold-blooded, coldhearted, heartless

Contrasted words: compassionate, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted

Antonyms: responsive

2.

Synonyms: insusceptible , insensitive, insentient, unimpressible, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible

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