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impassive definition
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Grep of noun impassive impassiveness Overview of adj impassive The adj impassive has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. impassive, stolid -- (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") 2. deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive -- (deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read") Antonyms of adj impassive 2 senses of impassive Sense 1 impassive, stolid INDIRECT (VIA unemotional) -> emotional Sense 2 deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive INDIRECT (VIA uncommunicative) -> communicative, communicatory Similarity of adj impassive 2 senses of impassive Sense 1 impassive, stolid => unemotional (vs. emotional) Sense 2 deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive => uncommunicative (vs. communicative), incommunicative Attributes of adj impassive Familiarity of adj impassive impassive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj impassive impassive Overview of adj impassive The adj impassive has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. impassive, stolid -- (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") 2. deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive -- (deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read")
impassive definition
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