Impassive

Im-pas′sive

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Adj.

Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.

Impassive

as the marble in the quarry.

De Quincey.

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Im-pas′sive-ly

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adv.

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Im-pas′sive-ness

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Noun.

Impassive

IMPAS'SIVE

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Adj.

[L. in and passus, patior,to suffer.]

Not susceptible of pain or suffering; as the impassive air; impassive ice.

impassive

English

Adjective

impassive ‎(comparative more impassive, superlative most impassive)

Having, or revealing, no emotion.
- 2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC:
  It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard's winner.
Still or motionless.

Synonyms

apathetic, phlegmatic

Translations

Having, or revealing, no emotion

Finnish: tunteeton (fi), välinpitämätön (fi)
French: impassible (fr)
German: gefühllos, gleichmütig (de), teilnahmslos, leidenschaftslos

Japanese: 無感動な ‎(mukandōna)
Portuguese: impassível (pt)
Spanish: impasible (es)
Turkish: Duyarsız

Still or motionless

Finnish: liikkumaton (fi)
German: unbewegt

Japanese: 平然とした ‎(hēzentoshita)
Maori: whakaririka

not reacting to provocation or stimuli

Japanese: 無感覚な ‎(mukankakuna)

Maori: whakaririka

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IMPAS'SIVE

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