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impassive

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im·pas·sive  (m-psv)
adj.
1. Devoid of or not subject to emotion.
2. Revealing no emotion; expressionless.
3. Archaic Incapable of physical sensation.
4. Motionless; still.
[in-1 + passive, suffering (obsolete).]
im·passive·ly adv.
im·passive·ness, impas·sivi·ty n.
impassive
Adjective
not showing or feeling emotion
impassively adv
impassivity n
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Adj.1.impassive - 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"
stolid
unemotional - unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
2.impassiveimpassive - deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
deadpan, expressionless, poker-faced, unexpressive
incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
impassive
adjective unemotional, unmoved, emotionless, reserved, cool, calm, composed, indifferent, self-contained, serene, callous, aloof, stoical, unconcerned, apathetic, dispassionate, unfazed (informal) inscrutable, stolid, unruffled, phlegmatic, unfeeling, poker-faced (informal) imperturbable, insensible, impassible (rare) unexcitable, insusceptible, unimpressible
Translations
Spanish impassive [ɪmˈpæsɪv] adj → impasible
French impassive [ɪmˈpæsɪv] adj → impassible
German impassive [ɪmˈpæsɪv] adj → gelassen
Italian impassive [ɪmˈpæsɪv] adj → impassibile
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It is my dearest ambition to be as impassive as the Sphinx.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
And through it all moved the Iron Heel, impassive and deliberate, shaking up the whole fabric of the social structure in its search for the comrades, combing out the Mercenaries, the labor castes, and all its secret services, punishing without mercy and without malice, suffering in silence all retaliations that were made upon it, and filling the gaps in its fighting line as fast as they appeared.
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Here there was matter for reflection even to the most impassive man in the world.
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