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passionless

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pas·sion·less  (pshn-ls)
adj.
1. Lacking strong emotion or feeling: a rather passionless plea for clemency.
2. Unbiased or impartial; detached: a newspaper's passionless account of a sensational trial.

passionless [ˈpæʃənlɪs]
adj
1. empty of emotion or feeling a passionless marriage
2. calm and detached; dispassionate
passionlessly  adv
passionlessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.passionless - not passionate; "passionless observation of human nature"
unemotional - unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
unenthusiastic - not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; "an unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra"; "unenthusiastic applause"
cold - extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
passionate - having or expressing strong emotions
2.passionless - unmoved by feeling; "he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served"; "this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland
cold - extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"

passionless
Translations
passionless [ˈpæʃənlɪs] ADJ [relationship] → sin pasión, frío


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They are both specimens of the emancipated young American girl--practical, positive, passionless, subtle, and knowing, as you please, either too much or too little.
There are poets who have chosen rural life for their subject for the sake of its passionless repose; and there are times when Wordsworth himself extols the mere calm and dispassionate survey of things as the highest aim of poetical culture.
He did not distinguish what sort of love his might be, big or little, passionate or passionless, lasting or passing (he kept a ballet girl himself, though he was the father of a family, so he was lenient in these matters), but he knew that this love affair was viewed with displeasure by those whom it was necessary to please, and therefore he did not approve of his brother's conduct.
 
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